IEB GIVEN ULTIMATUM OVER POLLS
Kanini Evans Kariuki
June 25, 2011
CHAIRMANSHIP candidate at the forthcoming football elections, Sammy Sholei has given the Independent Electoral Board (IEB) a seven-day ultimatum to announce the polls date.
Issuing the ultimatum, Sholei charged that failure to do this will see he and other stakeholders embark on a nationwide mass action, starting Thursday next week.
"As football stakeholders, we demand that the date for elections be released within seven days, lest we take action" , declared a visibly concerned Sholei.
"We have been campaigning for almost one year now in anticipation of the elections that were due last April but this has not happened. These elections have been postponed several times, and the promises have been broken time and time again. Football lovers and stakeholders are beginning to see a pattern of indecision, which is causing a lot of unnecessary anxiety," Sholei asserted further.
He indicated that the mass action will be peaceful demonstrations to pressurise the release of the polls date.
POPULAR, ELOQUENT AND CHARISMATIC SAMMY SHOLEI
Sammy Sholei is an eloquent, popular, polished, modern and charismatic adminstrator. Just as he was during his heydays as a former football star for the Kenyan soccer team, Sholei is known and adored for his punctuality, discipline and organisational acumen, attributes which have made him a force to reckon with in the volatile but still exciting Kenyan football arena. Above all, he believes in the observation of the noble tenets of common decency, transparency and accountability. He also believes that affairs should be conducted in a straightforward fashion but not in a crooked way. That is as it should be. Those who know Sammy Sholei well can give a better testimony of his glaring and admirable attributes.
FORMER KENYAN FOOTBALL STARS AND COACH LADINO WHO LIVED IN AMERICA MANY YEARS AGO..........
As Sammy Sholei spoke during the press conference he had called at the Nyayo stadium to register his discontent with the delayed polls, he was flanked by a phalanx of famous football stars who used to play for the Kenyan football team under the guidance of their committed coach Ladino,who,for fourteen years, lived and trained as a coach in the United States of America.
These great football stars whose achievements will remain indelibly imprinted in the history books and in the minds of East African socer lovers, included the dynamic and powerful Stephen Sunguti, the famous goalkeeper Mahmoud Abbas, the popular and intelligent left winger Aggrey Lukoye, the ever calculating Tom Olaba And the ever composed Erick Obura.
MY HEART LEAPT WITH NOSTALGIA WHEN I MET THESE FAMOUS AND GREAT FOOTBALL GIANTS....................
As I met these immensely talented football legends and giants at the placid grounds of Nairobi's Nyayo National stadium early this week, my heart smiled benevolently as I happily shook hands with Sammy Sholei, Stephen Sunguti, the legendary Mahmoud Abbas, the cool and brilliant Aggrey Lukoye, the sharp Tom Olaba and the equally skilled Erick Obura. It was a day I will never forget, since it was the first time I was meeting the players at a personal level. But I had seen them many a times at my ancestral Nakuru town where they used to come to play against other local teams at the Afraha stadium. What a golden day this was to behold, I thought out loudly as I watched these stars keenly and closely one by one. Coach Ladino the great was also present as he introduced these players to me, sending my heart smiling with nostalgia throughout.
SUNGUTI SMILED WHEN WE GREETED HIM, WHILE LUKOYE MAINTAINED HIS USUAL COOL, AS THE EVER VIBRANT AND LIVELY MAHMOUD ABBAS CRACKED JOKES...............
As I and K24's Paul Mudegu who had accompanied me to the stadium shook hands with the players one by one, Sunguti smiled when he saw us, as Lukoye on the other side maintained his usual cool, while the great Mahmoud Abbas cracked jokes. Incidentally, Mahmoud Abbas is a star who is always full of life and is known for offering comical relief at all moments. I kept talking to coach Ladino and he was eager to remember the good old days as he praised his old players. They all displayed great respect for him and they recognized him as their loving and committed coach during the golden day's. I engaged coach Ladino in a lengthy talk as I enquired the whereabouts of his other equally great players such as Allan Thigo and Mohamed Magogo. Coach Ladino was eager to explain to me all the finer details. He was full of praise for the legendary Joe Kadenge whom he said had accomplished a feat as a roving Footballer which had never been achieved by any other footballer.
"In fact, we are in the process of retiring him with great and full honours very soon", coach Ladino told me with excitement. It was both fun and joy meeting all these great football wizards at a personal level. What a great and lovely day, I said to myself as I headed back to the newsroom at the city centre after the Sammy Sholei press conference.
Issuing the ultimatum, Sholei charged that failure to do this will see he and other stakeholders embark on a nationwide mass action, starting Thursday next week.
"As football stakeholders, we demand that the date for elections be released within seven days, lest we take action" , declared a visibly concerned Sholei.
"We have been campaigning for almost one year now in anticipation of the elections that were due last April but this has not happened. These elections have been postponed several times, and the promises have been broken time and time again. Football lovers and stakeholders are beginning to see a pattern of indecision, which is causing a lot of unnecessary anxiety," Sholei asserted further.
He indicated that the mass action will be peaceful demonstrations to pressurise the release of the polls date.
POPULAR, ELOQUENT AND CHARISMATIC SAMMY SHOLEI
Sammy Sholei is an eloquent, popular, polished, modern and charismatic adminstrator. Just as he was during his heydays as a former football star for the Kenyan soccer team, Sholei is known and adored for his punctuality, discipline and organisational acumen, attributes which have made him a force to reckon with in the volatile but still exciting Kenyan football arena. Above all, he believes in the observation of the noble tenets of common decency, transparency and accountability. He also believes that affairs should be conducted in a straightforward fashion but not in a crooked way. That is as it should be. Those who know Sammy Sholei well can give a better testimony of his glaring and admirable attributes.
FORMER KENYAN FOOTBALL STARS AND COACH LADINO WHO LIVED IN AMERICA MANY YEARS AGO..........
As Sammy Sholei spoke during the press conference he had called at the Nyayo stadium to register his discontent with the delayed polls, he was flanked by a phalanx of famous football stars who used to play for the Kenyan football team under the guidance of their committed coach Ladino,who,for fourteen years, lived and trained as a coach in the United States of America.
These great football stars whose achievements will remain indelibly imprinted in the history books and in the minds of East African socer lovers, included the dynamic and powerful Stephen Sunguti, the famous goalkeeper Mahmoud Abbas, the popular and intelligent left winger Aggrey Lukoye, the ever calculating Tom Olaba And the ever composed Erick Obura.
MY HEART LEAPT WITH NOSTALGIA WHEN I MET THESE FAMOUS AND GREAT FOOTBALL GIANTS....................
As I met these immensely talented football legends and giants at the placid grounds of Nairobi's Nyayo National stadium early this week, my heart smiled benevolently as I happily shook hands with Sammy Sholei, Stephen Sunguti, the legendary Mahmoud Abbas, the cool and brilliant Aggrey Lukoye, the sharp Tom Olaba and the equally skilled Erick Obura. It was a day I will never forget, since it was the first time I was meeting the players at a personal level. But I had seen them many a times at my ancestral Nakuru town where they used to come to play against other local teams at the Afraha stadium. What a golden day this was to behold, I thought out loudly as I watched these stars keenly and closely one by one. Coach Ladino the great was also present as he introduced these players to me, sending my heart smiling with nostalgia throughout.
SUNGUTI SMILED WHEN WE GREETED HIM, WHILE LUKOYE MAINTAINED HIS USUAL COOL, AS THE EVER VIBRANT AND LIVELY MAHMOUD ABBAS CRACKED JOKES...............
As I and K24's Paul Mudegu who had accompanied me to the stadium shook hands with the players one by one, Sunguti smiled when he saw us, as Lukoye on the other side maintained his usual cool, while the great Mahmoud Abbas cracked jokes. Incidentally, Mahmoud Abbas is a star who is always full of life and is known for offering comical relief at all moments. I kept talking to coach Ladino and he was eager to remember the good old days as he praised his old players. They all displayed great respect for him and they recognized him as their loving and committed coach during the golden day's. I engaged coach Ladino in a lengthy talk as I enquired the whereabouts of his other equally great players such as Allan Thigo and Mohamed Magogo. Coach Ladino was eager to explain to me all the finer details. He was full of praise for the legendary Joe Kadenge whom he said had accomplished a feat as a roving Footballer which had never been achieved by any other footballer.
"In fact, we are in the process of retiring him with great and full honours very soon", coach Ladino told me with excitement. It was both fun and joy meeting all these great football wizards at a personal level. What a great and lovely day, I said to myself as I headed back to the newsroom at the city centre after the Sammy Sholei press conference.
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