Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) presidents will only serve two, four-year terms in office.
Kenya’s Volleyball team celebrates a point during a past match at the Nyayo National Stadium
The change will be effected after a revised draft constitution of KVF is endorsed with the Registrar of Sports. This is one of the key proposals contained in the document that was unanimously passed by delegates during the KVF Special General Meeting at Nyayo National Stadium on Saturday.
The main agenda of the meeting was to offer delegates from across the country an opportunity to peruse and make amendments to a draft constitution presented before them.
The revised draft document also advocates for major changes in the composition of the National Executive Committee (NEC). The number of NEC members is set to rise from 11 to 13 if the constitution is approved by Registrar of Sports.
KVF secretary general Evans Wasike explained that the NEC would comprise of president, deputy president and two vice presidents. The old constitution only provided for the positions of chairman, first vice chairman and second vice chairman.
What is also notable here is the change of the title of the office leadership from chairman to president. Most countries prefer to use the title of president. Other positions are: Secretary general and assistant, treasurer and deputy, national sports organising secretary and deputy and three committee members.
“The revised draft constitution covers the gender matter where it stipulates that a third of elected members must be of minority gender,” Wasike told FeverPitch.
The constitution opens doors for more women to join volleyball administration in the country. However, women should blame themselves for not being part of volleyball decision makers as only insignificant number of them offer their candidature during elections.
“The document was drafted in line with the Sport Act 2012 and volleyball family is optimistic it will take the discipline to the next level,” said Wasike.
Meanwhile, KVF is bracing for national elections before May 2014. Wasike said the exact date of the exercise will be decided during the federation’s Annual General Meeting whose date will be announced later.
Parties that are eligible to participate in the exercise, which will be the first under the new constitution, include executive committee members and representatives of branches. Other are duly registered teams, secondary and primary schools, colleges and universities.
By Oscar Pilipili, The Standard