The
true spirit of karate, inspired by samorai, developed in the late century, over times it has evolved from the
ancient defense to the modern sport, practiced by millions of people around the
world, inspired by great karate masters the likes of : Funakoshi, Chojun Miyagi, Gogen Yamaguchi, Higoana among other,
over the years it has found its way in Kenya not only as a sport but as
self-defense, a true sport anchored on discipline among its practioners in
Kenya as well as around the world, a true samorai will always: Respect other, Seeking perfection of
character, Endurance, Refrain from violence behavior, According
to WORLD KARATE FEDERATION statistic there
are over 55m people practicing karate, the K- spirit of discipline, love, unity
that bond us all, a sport that has nurtured many, yet it hasn't lived up to the
expectation of its practitioners in Kenya, right from the golden times of Kenya Association of Karate to the present
Kenya Karate Federation.
It begs a thousand question on the way the once flourishing
sports is dying in the hearts of many great Kenyan karateka's. The back may
stop with us but starts with management of the sport, they say being a leader and
leadership are distinct right from biblical perspective to the present ways of
interpreting it, some say leader are born, others leaders are made, some
circumstance create leaders, and others leaders. create circumstance, we all
agree that Kenyan karateka's deserve justice, peace of mind ,love, and
prosperity of their sport in terms of management, game officiating, equal
representation to the technical and fair election of its leaders, all this are
according to the new sports bill and the constitution of Kenya. Legally,
according to standard procedures given by World Karate Federation, U.F.A.K do
recognize the composition of any federation as a formation of different karate
styles associations coming together to form one federation to spear head their activities.
The case is different in Kenya as federation is championed by few elite group
who don't recognize the existence of other associations, there constitution and
need to work as one entity through transparency,and involvement of all stake
holders. the consequence of this is lack of transparency, poor leadership direction,
loss of efficient and effectiveness of the federation to oversee its mandate.
Fellow
sportsmen,
as per current status the federation ought to have a comprehensive
insurance policy to protect its members in case of any eventuality,a
bank account that is possible and accessible by all to facilitate easy
payment of membership,grading,referee and judges course among others as
such it's possible either to publish or inspect its account book,
establishing its
other source of income ,expenditure among other.
This begs the question
of
where, who and how they handle their finances, the role of Registrar Of
Society
and weather such case as ever been presented to them, what possible
action did
they take?. the role of national Olympic committee of Kenya(NOCK) and
the
Commission of sport office are they aware of such things happening? All
this question arise as a result of what ought to be done or what is not
in place that ought to be in place, over the
past the federation has continued to be facilitated by the government in
different
way but the laxity in championing the rights of fair justice and the law
of
natural justice doesn't apply to people who are suppose to protect sport
men
and women in our society. sports bring and unity the global people, in
contrast
to this the current status might not be the case for karate Kenya, game
officiating
is poor as individual interest is manifested by the referees, this in
its own
kills the sport moral, lack of election ever since formation of the
federation
is a killer blow to us all. If only our leaders could uphold this virtue the case may be different, It's only through true democracy, respect of institutions and good governance can sport prosper in any given country, and serve its purpose, we hope the voice of the voiceless will be heard by all stake holders and aid in bring sanity in Kenya karate federation.
