Ooos, The Question that Begs?

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.