July never saw the light of day. Clever manouvering by KRFU Chairman
Richard Omwela saw the clubs back off.
Omwela called club officials to a breakfast meeting without any other
executive committee members where five things were discussed.
1. Kabeberi and Christie sevens be reinstated back into the sevens
circuit. This immediately eased pressure from Mwamba and Harlequins.
2. The decision to lock out Mwamba and Harlequins was a Frank Sabwa
decision without board approval.
3. A sub-committee of 4 club chairmen led by Harlequins Nyamodi to
review the constitution to ensure in future the positions of Vice
Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer are not eelected posts but filled by
elected Club Chairmen. It was noted currently Frank Sabwa and Fred
Odhiambo do not belong to any club therefore have no real interest in
the game at heart. The committee has 6 weeks to submit a report at a
specially convened board meeting.
4. Omwela asked clubs to support him regain control of the KRFU
affairs as currently a quortet of Frank Sabwa, Fred Odhiambo, Fred
Ollows and Wilfred Ombisi are running rugby without consulting him. In
the process his ally the KRFU GM Auka Gecheo has also been sidelined.
5. Nondies will not be relegated as they are the oldest club in Kenya.
Homeboyz, Kisumu and Mombasa will be brought into the Kenya Cup in the
2011/2012 season.
Omwela and the club officials then called off the SGM.
2 Comments:
Thats interesting!
Omwela seems to have got the clubs on his side. By the look of things the clubs will help him regain control of the KRU. Getting rid of Ombisi, Sabwa and Odhiambo will not be a tough task as they only have the backing of IRB(sic) and small clubs (who have lost confidence in them). Getting rid of Fred Ollows will be a tough task.
It would be interesting to know the details on Ollows contract.
This is a very interesting post as many of us were wondering whatever happened to the SGM.
Would you please make public the list of who attended this meeting? I do not think they would have an issue with that as they were doing nothing wrong.
Secondly, please explain how the new proposed voting structure, where club chairmen choose the Vice Chair and Hon Sec, would be different? Don't the club chairmen already control the votes at the AGM as only clubs are allowed to vote? Unless the problem was that those who were voting at AGMs were going against the wishes of their club chairmen?
This post makes Omwela sound nearly powerless in the union. Doesn't the chairman of the union have the authority to act against negative forces? It is sad that no other Directors were at this meeting - maybe the union chairman would have found allies there!
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