This post has been sent by one who considers him/herself a 'Friend of Rugby' now based in the USA. The views and opinions which belong to the writer are thus shared on this forum.
If the KRFU Board and its employees took time to actually read and comprehend the above statement then some of them and that being a marjority would have been shown the boot a long time ago. The free for all culture seems to have embedded itself in the KRFU administrative organ thus threatening to actually bring done many years of hard work and individual sacrifice that saw the establishing of the secretariat at the RFUEA grounds in the early 90's.
Shooting straight to the point it now seems those charged with running the national office have continued to grow strong club affiliations rather than shed them off for a more holistic outlook. By this I candidly look at the conduct or rugby leanings of a few within the organisation. The list is compiled with the help of a few friends back home.
- Willy Ombisi - Director KRFU but very much the number 2 in command at Impala RFC
- Innocent Moturi - Director KRFU and a core member of KCB FC management
- Edward Rombo - Director KRFU and head coach Mwamba RFC
- Auka Gecheo - General Manager KRFU and senior management Nondescripts RFC
- Fred Ollows - Development Officer and Director of Rugby Impala RFC
- Eric Situma - Mini Rugby Co-ordinator and Coach Homeboyz
- Michael Mwanja - KRFU administrator and Mwamba management
- Judy - KRFU Secretary with no club as Ulinzi was disbanded
This brief synopsis really paints a not so rosy picture of the goings on at the KRFU. Key things not being observed are:
Transparency
Integrity
Accountability
Objectivity
I do hope the leadership of the KRFU will wake up and reconstruct the vision which we first set out to do achieve way back in the early 90's.
If not then to quote Chinua Achebe's famous words - "We are no longer at ease."
20 comments:
Great post!
Indeed, something needs to be done re: governance at KRU!
May I suggest we go the 1990s Manchester United route and appoint a MANAGER (ie someone who knows how to run institutions). ManU became big (financially and as a brand) when they brought in that corporate fellow who had never even played soccer...
In the spirit of dottin i's and crossing t's, please note that Eric Situma is now coach of Nakuru RFC. He was coach of Homeboyz RFC immediately prior to that, and 'affiliated' to KCB before that I believe?
Nonsense - KRU is actually owned by the affiliated clubs that play rugby and subscribe to its constitution. Directors are elective posts and they in turn appoint managers. It is therefore logical that KRU will be run by rugby people who come from clubs. Past experiments with non rugby directors has failed and all the clubs if anything want "real" rugby people running the game. Deal with it baba
Friend of Rugby=Eric Odanga aka Punter
crap! one always knows whose cart is being driven in this blog when one looks at unsaid stuff. the game has an administrative and technical side. so let't go on:
kenya 15:
- head coach, head coach kcb
- asst coach, head coach quins
- asst coach, asst coach impala
kenya 7s:
- head coach, convenor homeboyz academy
- asst coach, quins technical director
- alternate coach, strathmore head coach
kenya u19/20
- head coach, strathmore
kenya women
- head coach, mwamba
- asst coach, mwamba
am sorry but this is an apology for non rugby guys to take up rugby. daysop, keep daydreaming! NEVER EVER! and it was always going to happen - with rugby profile rising, we now have alot of clever people. as if societies work in the same way as companies.
this is a Fart Queens Agenda
he he.. when people are under pressure, they strike out at imaginary enemies....
Clearly lack of understanding of the structures in place at the KRU. The person in states should take aim at the clubs for electing the officials who represent them at the board.
If this was done well then the board would have club representatives who understand rugby in Kenya and are keen to develop it to a professional level.
dasysop thinks just like aggrey chabeda who knows nothing about rugby. in fact, griot you have it. non rugby guys lining themselves up to rip off rugby! i have no problem with the people who have experienced the rugby boiler room running the game. this isn't a freakin' company whose only aim is to make profit. people talk things they don't understand!
and if this 'from states' character thinks he will impress us by being in the US of A. he better think again. if it is punter, noone is surprised. where did he learn about corporate governance? writing 2 bit articles in rugby doesn't make one a governance specialist. whoever saw a punter article that critically analysed a rugby game?
the game is fine save for Whining Quins. they have backed the elliptics awards and suddenly realise that they are being whipped on all parameters. now their officials are crying on facebook about KRU priorities. just back a candidates at the KRU elections and stop bending our years with your whines! and pay rent while at it.
Interesting to see that commenters continue to commingle the meanings of
1) OWNERSHIP (ie the clubs) who appoint/elect directors to run THEIR union.
2) MANAGEMENT (ie th GM/CEO and those who report to him (or her someday...)
3) NATIONAL TEAM (ie the various representative Kenya Teams, their players, coaches, etc)
Granted all these are related (thus can all be called stakeholders), but have distinct and clear responsibilities.
While each group has its own failings at their own responsibilities to the Game of Rugby, the most glaring failing is at the management of the union. Maybe that is what we get by 'trusting and not verifying'...
That is why we should consider -say- a marketer from outside the game if we do not have a suitable former (or even current) player who can do the job. No matter what you may hope for, a rugby-playing engineer or accountant likely will not be a good marketer (and vice-versa)
So, the owners and national teams are by definition current and former players, the management could be as well, but needs not necessarily be.
Let those specialised skills/roles be fulfilled by those trained in the given craft. For example, if and advert needs to be made for a Kenya international, it should be standard practice that a rugby player (former or current) who's in the creative media field be tasked with the job.
However, if none is available for the job, bring on the professionals!
who are these so called professionals dude?? KRU always advertises for its positions and people apply and the board appoints. I applied for Auka's job when it was advertised and lost
Dasysop, too much theory! Yawn stories, also. The jobs are advertised, people apply, some get appointed, others don't. Some quietly nurse their issues. Others cry on blogs. Life goes on. Every single thing in the game is growing by big margins. Why are you trying to deflect our attention from that?
1.its KRU,not KRFU.
2. Cheap painful talk from a a former secretary general who wants to get back in office.
3. A fart queens agenda.
4. Makaratasi
5. Bullshit
be careful guys.
1. differentiate Quins agenda from rugby agenda.
2. Quins dont have a director because clubs know them. No one sides with them as they are after themselves.
3. positive Change comes from within, there are structures, well laid out and in the open.
4. What is wrong with current trend of rugby in Kenya? is it growing or not?
5. I sincerely dont understand the base of this argument. Bullcrap.
A certain club wanted to have the secretariat discussed at the AGM, this was shot down as not being relevant to the forum and further not being a subject for public discussion. The KRU AGM is the closest we come to a shareholder's meeting. If we cannot discuss our core business (development was also ruled out as a topic for discussion at the same AGM) then what business does the KRU have being in existence??
In terms of professionals, an example of a good one is Titus Naikunyi on the higher end of the scale. Others include Mugo Kibati, the Vision 2030 fellow.
That being said, very many up and coming, QUALITY managers are available for a lot less than Titus. If we want the kenyan (XVs) game to catch up with the rest of the world and rank in the top ten within -say- five years, then it is obvious that management needs to step up.
For example, primary schools generally do not have any budget/skills to develop players. What such a manager should be able to do is get sponsorship money or internal revenue streams to run such a thing all the way through secondary schools and even college.
This means raising a whole pile of cash to pay for all those coaches, and the equipment, transport etc needed to run all those leagues. The only new 'league' is the Mtaa one, and NO support whatsoever is given to those neighborhood teams!
The result is that -without financial support- the initial high hopes for this endeavour will just wither on the vine.
The professionals (either internal or external) I'm talking about should be able to bring about holistic and coherent growth to the game.
I'm sorry, but the current setup cannot hack that.
Quins agenda or not... good corporate governance dictates that you cannot hold executive positions in both Union and Club.. simple. How then are you neutral? How do you deliberate on an issue affecting your club? Stories are told of leaked action plans given to people facing disciplinary action to allow them to prepare their defence? Who is to blame for that one? As my guy Agwash says, a street tactic commonly used when a thief is being chased is for the thief himself to shout "huyo!" And that is what is happening here. The KRU is not guilty.. Quins are guilty...
@Mulika mimi
As others have noted on this blog, Quins do NOT have any director in the current union!
This means that the incompetence and thuggery that is going on at the union is strictly IRB (Impala Rugby Business) and consorts.
This is true because the hapless lone Mwamba director (Rombo) has not a clue of most of the goings on within (and outside) the union.
Sorry, but you cannot claim that 'Quins' is the problem at the union, yet (according to mamapima among others) they have NO directorial representation whatsoever.
@Mulika mimi, have you noticed how Quins is the best-run club nowadays? On an administrative, financial, and even technical (prooof: the on-pitch demolition of Impala, Nov 20th.), shirt sponsor or not.
Don't 4get malik ndemi the impala captain is also employed at the KRU
even Maina,the KRU guard is Impala Damu
dasysop chabeda, you used to be a director where were all these theories? how much incompetence and thuggery did you bring to the table?
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