Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports docket Cabinet Secretary nominee Kipchumba Murkomen has detailed how he will turn around the sports sector in the country should he get approved to assume office.

Appearing before the Parliamentary Committee on Appointments on Saturday, August 3, 2024, for vetting, Murkomen told the Moses Wetang’ula-led panel how he will reform the Football Kenya Federation (FKF).

Murkomen took a swipe at the Nick Mwendwa-led FKF over its failure to hold elections.

“The place that has to start is football sports management and for this purpose, FKF. It is not right that for the last eight years, you have an organization that has a leadership in office that has not been elected but there are there in perpetual,” Murkomen stated.

He also took a swipe at Athletics Kenya (AK), which he said has been there for 12 years without an election.

“It is not just FKF. AK has been there for 12 years without having an election. There is a serious problem when it comes to sports management in this country. What is also worse is that there is a collaboration between these organizations and court orders. They perpetuate themselves using court orders the same way FKF is perpetuating itself along a court order,” Murkomen said.

Murkomen went ahead to warn that the government will not finance any sports federation that will fail to follow the Sports Act, and which does not do regular elections.

Moreover, Murkomen pointed out that should he get approved by parliament to assume office as Sports CS, he will make sure that all the funds received by sports federations from international sports organizations are audited,

“We will make sure not to finance any sports federation that is not following the Sports Act and that does not do regular elections. Our sports federations cannot continue to hide saying that the resources they get from FIFA, the World Athletics Organization or International Badminton Organizations, are not subject to auditing. We must audit that money and we will involve the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, we will involve the DCI since that money is given to Kenya and not the federations themselves,” Murkomen stated.