Football delegates have a chance to give us the right leaders

I had hitherto only read in newspapers about rapists.

I had always imagined those people to be beast-like with hair growing in their mouths and jutting off their eyes.

I suspected they may be muscular and particularly hideous in their physical form with large hands and ugly countenance of a forbidding prey!

My imagination of how rapists look like was only allayed when I was once arrested for drinking after hours and I had to spend the night in a police cell; that is when I first met a suspected rapist.

Contrary to my imagination, the fellow was quite handsome and human-like after all. The encounter took me by surprise. I felt cheated.

SWEET-TALKING DELEGATES
Those seeking to be elected into Football Kenya Federation (FKF) positions at the November 13 polls remind me of the despicably good-looking rapist in the police cell.

They are doing rounds sweet-talking all potential delegates to vote for them.

Right now, they are handing out footballs and jerseys to teams that they will eventually neglect once they ascend into high offices. However, we cannot blame them since we know what the delegates are likely to do.

At the moment, the potential delegates are in the greed mode. They don’t care about who will be the next FKF boss. What interests them most is just how much they can gain in pecuniary benefits from those vying for office.

The deeper the pocket, the more the votes one gets. The delegate tummies are rumbling like a volcano just about to erupt!

SUMPTUOUS LUNCH
I have had occasion to sit through some campaign meetings. The person seeking office was unveiling his vision on how to improve the standards of the game in the country.

It was a very long speech and most of the potential delegates were either dozing or whispering to each other.

After the speech, sumptuous lunch was served and all the delegates disappeared in groups of ten to receive some “token” from the aspirant.

They looked very happy and eager to meet the next candidate on the campaign trail. These are the people who we expect to go and vote for our football managers for a four-year term.

They all looked hungry and rather unkempt. The also appeared excitable and with no disposition for intellect. Sadly, after the elections, these same people will be forgotten and they will then start complaining about the very leaders they chose.

VOTE WISELY

They will have sold their birthright for a mess of pottage!

The delegates representing the KPL clubs are likely to consolidate their votes for one candidate while the delegates from the referees body, who have suffered enough, could follow suit.

But am afraid the delegates from the branches could just sell themselves to the highest bidder without consideration for the future.

The reason why we write this is to beseech the delegates to vote on the account of each candidate’s agenda for Kenyan football.

For those doing the rounds seeking votes, we hope and pray that you don’t become the imaginary rapist with hair growing on his teeth!