Erasmus Shalihaxwe
Football clubs affiliated with the Kavango East Football Association (KEFA) have formally called on league chairperson Patrick Mukoya to convene an extraordinary annual general meeting, citing concerns over governance and the continued absence of a league constitution.
In a letter addressed to Mukoya on Monday, club representatives, including Haushiku Kemba, Shankumi Mukeni, Mapa Erwin, Mukuve Thapa, and Manfred Mangundu, expressed frustration with what they described as the chairperson’s ongoing failure to uphold basic governance principles.
They said Mukoya has repeatedly ignored the requirement to hold an annual general meeting at the start of each season to account for his responsibilities.
The clubs said they have requested a copy of the KEFA constitution several times, but Mukoya has failed to provide it.
They now suspect that the league operates without its constitution, relying solely on the Namibia Football Association (NFA) statutes as the guiding document.
Referring to NFA Statutes Article 31.1, the members pointed out that all member structures are required to hold an ordinary congress annually, which serves as an equivalent to an AGM.
They believe the KEFA Executive Committee has intentionally denied members the opportunity to engage on key statutory matters, as outlined in Article 32.1 (a–r) of the NFA Statutes.
“It is against this background that we demand that your office convene an extraordinary annual general meeting as provided for in the NFA Statutes Article 33.1. We submit that the Executive Committee convenes this meeting on the 3rd May 2025 or before the kick-off of the second leg of the season, whichever comes first,” the letter stated.
The clubs requested that the meeting agenda align with the NFA Statutes Article 32.1 (a–r) and include items submitted in a separate document.
They warned that failure to act will result in members invoking Article 33.1 of the NFA Statutes to convene the meeting themselves.
