Kenyan Elections :Five Reasons why Youthful Nick Mwendwa will Ascend to the FKF Presidency

by
Collins Okinyo
September 14, 2015

By Fredrick Nadduli,

While the rest of East Africa and to a wider context the continent is making huge strides in matters development, Kenya has stubbornly refused to jump onto the bandwagon, and has stagnated, much to the chagrin of football enthusiasts, who see hope, but remain helpless at the hands of a “see no evil, hear no evil” administration in the shape of Football Kenya Federation.

However, if recent developments are anything to go by, change is in the air, and all the chaff that has blurred the country’s football vision is about to be swept away by the inevitable whirlwind slowly gathering pace.

CHANGE

Kenyans are tired to the bone with incumbent Sam Nyamweya and his team, for obvious reasons. Anything that provides an option for change sounds like an irresistible offer, and new kid on the block Nick Mwendwa appears ready to be the change the sport craves. As goes the old adage, the only permanent thing in life is change.

PARADIGM SHIFT

The game needs a whole new paradigm shift going forward. The current regime has been tried and tested, and found seriously wanting. Mwendwa has promised a shift from the norm.

YOUTH

When people in authority stay too long, they tend to relapse in the comfort zone and thereby forced to conform to the dictates of the old order. Thinking outside the box becomes a herculean task thereby creating a massive vacuum. The youth, with fresh ideas, are ready to take up the mantle. Nick Mwendwa is barely fourty, but his blueprint may find a snug space on the table of men.

GRASSROOT TOUCH

As Chairman of Kariobangi Sharks and having involved himself with youth development, the youthful contender remains in touch with reality on the ground. His predecesors, perhaps too drunk with power, have lost the grassroot effect and are too aloof to notice the perils that stalk them.

BREATH OF FRESH AIR

When people grow tired of something, they will go for anything that provides them with a fresh start, never mind the challenges that come with new beginnings. Nick may be the new aroma that comes to provide a fresh scent across the landscape after a rather heavy skunk that has irritated Kenyan nostrils for many a year, but which we have had to endure, until recently.

If past present developments are anything to go by, Kenyan football may just have an early Christmas present in the form of Nick Mwendwa.

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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