Andrew Mudibo, the Kenya Table Tennis Association (KTTA) chairman was elected to be in the Board of Directors of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) at the international body’s Annual General Meeting.
The Wednesday meeting at the Germany’s city, Dusseldorf, Mudibo who is the depute of Eastern of ITTF has joined 31 other officials from all over the world.
Mudibo, who is eyeing the NOC-K Secretary General post, becomes one of the eight African representatives in the board and one of the three new members that have joined the board.
The others include Yusuf Joe Carrim (South Africa) and Abdelrahman El Sallawi (Sudan).
African representatives re-elected into the board were Oladapo Oladapo (Nigeria), Monqid El Hajji (Morocco), Ha Shun Hao Thyn Voon (Maurititius), Balla Lo (Senegal), and Thomas Kiggundu (Uganda).
During the AGM, Germany’s Thomas Weikert was elected as ITTF President. The Executive Committee announced that all elected officials would serve for a period of four years.
The elections also saw two newcomers, Olympic gold medallist and World champion with Ryu Seungmin from South Korea and Sweden’s Jörgen Persson join the new office.