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Echesa orders audit of BAK books

Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa walks past a poster of Cuba̢۪s legendary boxer Teofilo Stevenson at the Cuban National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation in Havana. Echesa has ordered an audit of Boxing Association of Kenya ahead of their January elections. PHOTO | COURTESY |

The government has ordered for an extensive audit of Boxing Association of Kenya(BAK) accounts before they can be allowed to hold their elections.
Sports cabinet secretary Rashid Echesa has directed the registrar of sports to move with speed and scrutinise the association’s activities and submit a report to his office before the ministry can allow the association’s delayed elections. BAK has been hit with wrangles that has threatened to split the association.
Speaking in Kakamega town, Mr Echesa explained that the government was committed to ensuring that BAK hold credible and fair elections. “Bad politics have affected the BAK elections leading to shortage of boxing officials in the country. BAK must come up with guidelines for contestants and an audit conducted to establish the cause of this wrangles. These conditions must be met before they hold elections,” he said.
The CS was speaking during the fourth leg of the National Boxing League finals.
The boxing body has been hit by infighting that has led to holding of parallel league bouts. Initially the fourth round was set to take place in Mwingi but another faction led by interim secretary Isaac Mbote trooped to Kakamega for the bouts. Interim president John Kameta led his faction to Mwingi.
The Kakamega meet attracted ten teams including Mombasa, Githurai, Galaxy, Kenyatta, Nairobi, Kisumu, Posta, Thika and the Police.
On November 6 this year, Sports Dispute Tribunal and Sports Registrar moved to stop BAK elections that were due November 16 this year in Nairobi. Sports Dispute Tribunal ordered BAK to convene for a Special General Meeting (SGM) immediately to plan for the elections that must be held within 60 days from November 6, this year.
Mr Anthony Otieno “Jamal” and Mr Kennedy Otieno “Kentrak” are involved in a neck to neck race to take over BAK from the outgoing president Mr. Kameta.

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