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"content": "On the basis of the above, the Members of this august House will agree with me that the age limit given in the electoral code by the IEB for the football federation relations will indeed block out a big size of our football youth from taking part in this important exercise of the national elections for football in Kenya. It is important to emphasize that these guidelines did not come from the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. As I said, Government interference was inhibited. Failure to abide by the principles, however, could lead to undesirable consequences as contained in Article 13, 14 and 55 of the FIFA statutes. Our duty will be to provide an enabling environment. These regulations barring individuals below 35 years of age from being chairman or vice- chairman and those below the age of 30 years from being members of the National Executive Committee of the federation and for the branch officials in the constituencies and the counties who are below 25 years of age from being legitimate, is disabling the opportunities for the youth of Kenya. Therefore, these regulations, in the strong opinion of the Ministry in charge of sports in this country are ill-advised, very unfair, very unjust and wholly unconstitutional."
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