By Fredrick Nadduli,
Kenyans are known to be a very interesting people, more so in matters elections.

Engage any citizen, whether the high and mighty or the hoi polloi about an impending election, and you will have their undivided attention.

There is a certain fever that seems to grip the whole country whenever elections are called or around the corner, and football polls are no exception. Ironically, whenever a red herring is cast to distract them, they tend to forget so fast and get on with their lives.

Whether it’s the pressures of everyday life of just selective amnesia is a topic for another forum.

COMPETITOR’S PARADISE

National football elections are here with us. Campaigns have come and almost gone.

Candidates have thrown their hats into the ring and laid bare their manifestoes. Some look like genuine contenders with football interests at heart while sadly others are your ordinary run-of-the-mill type who have hidden agendas.

These are the type who have no idea how long a football match lasts but will go preaching like the Pharisees about how they, if elected, will salvage the game from the dogs.

Amidst all these the eagerly anticipated polls have become like personal property to certain forces that have vested interests.

They are pulling everyone else like marionettes.The polls were initially set for November 2015, then pushed forward to December but the gathered clouds quietly slithered away without notice.

2016 is here but nothing doing. Nobody appears to have the remotest clue when the exercise will take place.

The electoral board, under the stewardship of one Dr. Donald Kipkorir is too mute to be ignored.

With so much at stake as far as the sport is concerned, the silence of the top City lawyer and team is too much for comfort.

Needless to say, the sport is an anchor for many livelihoods; from players to coaches to administrators to medics etc., such that such eerie silence attracts unnecessary anxiety and tension.

Stakeholders are on the edge, fingers crossed with no faintest idea where things are headed, and considering the country’s history with ‘any’ elections and the undertones playing meekly below the surface, the football fraternity should very well brace for a rollercoaster ride.

STAND UP

The least the electoral board can do is give timely updates on the way forward. It should stand up and be counted. Their silence, however innocent, may in the long run be misconstrued to mean they are not in complete control, and suspicions of compromise may cloud the whole general outcome.

For the record, not even national political elections in Kenya have been shrouded in so much secrecy as these.

With certain powerful operatives calling the shots from behind the scenes, your guess is as good as mine where we are headed to as a limping football nation.

There is no end in sight for us crossing over to the biblical Canaan from the bondage and slavery in Egypt.

Collins Okinyo

Ex- CAF Media Expert. An expert on African football with over 15 years experience ,always with an ear to the ground with indepth knowledge of the game. I have worked for top publications including 7 years at www.supersport.com until i founded www.soka25east.com to quench the thirst of football lovers across the continent. I have trained young upcoming journalists who are now a voice in African football.I have covered World Cup,AFCON,CHAN,Champions League,Confederations Cup,Cecafa,Cosafa,Wafu and many other football tournaments across the World. Founder Football Africa Arena(FAA),Founder www.afrisportdigital.com