Dr. Hellen Sambili

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 261 to 270 of 313.

• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: For Kenya to participate internationally in football, it has to abide by the FIFA Statutes, that is regulations and rules. The management of football has had serious mismanagement issues which have, sometimes, bordered on the interpretation of their registered constitutions, personality clashes and downright ineptitude. Efforts by Ministers in charge of sports to resolve those wrangles have only yielded temporary respites before the issues flare up again. Those Ministerial interventions, a good number of times, have not gone down well with the international football governing body which has, sometimes, termed them "Government interference" and proceeded to suspend or ban Kenya ... view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in 2007, two factions of the federation emerged; one was allied to a Mr. Mohamed Hatimy and it was recognised by the international governing body, FIFA; and the other was allied to a Mr. Samson Nyamweya, which was registered by the Registrar-General of Societies, but was not recognised by the international governing body. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the two factions have engaged in numerous court cases and many rulings of the Court of Appeal have been made. In May, 2007, the two groups held their annual general meetings. One team held their meeting in Kasarani, Nairobi, and it was endorsed by their leaders and got registered. That was the team led by Mr. Nyamweya. The Hatimy-led group held theirs in Malindi and also endorsed the officials, who were given due recognition by FIFA. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the two factions have continued to engage in several court cases and in the most recent court case, the Nyamweya faction went to the High Court of Kenya to seek an injunction against the Hatimy Group to stop them from interfering with football management in Kenya. The order was granted by the High Court. Consequently, the Hatimy faction appealed against the High Court ruling. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: The Court of Appeal agreed with the High Court ruling that the Nyamweya faction was legally registered in Kenya under the Societies Act, Cap.108, and, therefore, bonafide officials in Kenya. However, the Court of Appeal considered the following three issues: First, the national team, Harambee Stars, were taking part in the Africa Cup of Nations (CAP) and the 2010 World Cup qualifying matches. Secondly, according to the registered Kenya Football Federation (KFF) Constitution, elections were due in two months' time. This ruling was in October. Thirdly, any ruling against the FIFA recognised Hatimy group would lead to the suspension of ... view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: I am finishing, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Despite these wrangles, the bottom line is that Kenya has to play in the FIFA World Cup/CAF matches. The FKL, which is backed by FIFA will, therefore, go ahead and prepare the Harambee Stars for the qualifying matches starting in March 2009. This is the recommendation that has been given by the committee that is chairing the reconciliation meetings. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: The Kenyan team going for the World Cup also needs facilities to prepare and excel for the qualifying rounds of the World Cup/CAF. In order for this to happen, the facilities of the project require the immediate attention and management of the Sports Stadia Management Board (SSMB), which will also allow the Kenyan team full access thereto. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to begin by clarifying the issue of sports fund. I want to assure hon. Members that we are not giving them ultimatums. When we wrote the letters in November and December, we asked hon. Members to give us account numbers to which we could send the money. By two weeks ago, several constituencies had not forwarded their account numbers. We asked hon. Members to give us the account numbers because we want this money to be used by the youth. view