New Ingwe officials have a full in-tray

What you need to know:

  • To the new officials, you now have the mandate of the Ingwe nation to deliver on your promises.
  • The incoming chairman must rise above such petty squabbles and nurture a culture of teamwork regardless of who was or was not in their camp.
  • The new team must also look beyond sponsorship and explore other avenues of generating income.

The Ingwe nation finally spoke on Sunday and their decision must be respected by all. Congratulations to all those who found time to go to Safaricom Stadium Kasarani to elect the new leadership.

Kudos to the winners as well as those who lost for through their participation, they provided the Ingwe faithful with options from which to pick the best.

The mere fact that one contested and lost is not reason to deter one from contributing positively to the growth of this great club.

It is my hope that we won’t see some busybodies springing up from nowhere to file cases in court challenging the outcome of yesterday’s drive. We do not want further distractions from people who are largely responsible for the ceaseless squabbles that have contributed to the club’s dismal performance in recent years.

To the new officials, you now have the mandate of the Ingwe nation to deliver on your promises. It will be very unfortunate if the new team degenerates into internal rifts based on who was or was not in the chairman’s line-up.

The incoming chairman must rise above such petty squabbles and nurture a culture of teamwork regardless of who was or was not in their camp.

Sometime back, the outgoing Interim Management Committee posted advertisements in the local dailies inviting applications for the job of the club’s chief executive office (CEO), the man or woman who will be charged with the day to day running of the club with the elected officials only offering oversight.

It is my hope that the new team will take up the matter and expedite the process of bringing on board a professional CEO to manage the daily affairs of the club.

NO TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Ingwe must cease from being run like a pre-independence era welfare society by persons who, though duly elected, have little or no technical expertise to run a village club such as Museno Sambakhalu or Munami Combined.

Borrowing lessons from past experiences, the new team must go flat out to source for additional sponsors to supplement the current financiers SportPesa. The most successful clubs the world over have managed to remain at the top by signing multiple sponsorship deals.

The new team must also look beyond sponsorship and explore other avenues of generating income. The Ingwe fan base, running into millions, if well harnessed is sufficient to generate millions of shillings to the club.

Is it not embarrassing that even in regions where Ingwe enjoys massive support such as Bungoma, Vihiga, Busia, even Nyeri and Murang’a, there are no existing branches?

It is the responsibility of the new office to traverse this country and mobilise Ingwe lovers to form branches. To do so, the new team must also come up with incentives such as subsidised match tickets and Ingwe merchandise for registered members. 

Finally, let the new team give the technical bench the space, time and support to deliver on their mandate now that the boys seem to have rediscovered their form.