The federal government is ready to take a position Ksh.190 Million in creation and institution of coaching facilities on the grassroots nation huge.
Sports activities Cupboard Secretary Ababu Namwamba stated the federal government is ready to extend the allocation to athletics coaching camps because it mulls over equipping them with cutting-edge amenities.
Talking in Iten throughout the launch of the Kiprun camp, the CS stated up to now, a minimum of 50 camps have been established and urged the youths to reap the benefits of the camps to find and develop their abilities.
He revealed that eight coaching camps are set to be established in Elgeyo Marakwet additional saying that his ministry will roll out a a training programme in efforts to shore up technical officers numbers.
Namwamba who was accompanied by the French ambassador Arnaud Suquet challenged Athletics Kenya to assemble a squad that can compete at this 12 months’s Paris Olympics saying the federal government will cater for the coaching of three steeple chasers who will likely be picked for the video games.
He stated this was to make sure that the nation reclaims its glory in steeplechase which he stated for a very long time was generally known as the Kenyan race however the nation has began dropping it to athletes from different international locations particularly Ethiopia and Morocco.
“I’ve simply been instructed that within the steeplechase, athletes from the identical nation don’t compete towards one another however run collectively as a gaggle and to realize this, they will need to have educated and stayed collectively a minimum of for 3 months earlier than the race,” he stated.
The CS stated whereas Kenyans have all the time dominated athletics particularly lengthy distance working, different international locations have been providing stiff competitors therefore the necessity to spend money on sports activities.
Former Cherangany MP and former Boston Marathon Champion Wesley Korir stated following the launch of a pupil athletic sponsorship programme, no camp ought to be allowed to coach junior athletes saying they need to be educated within the varied faculties the place they might be admitted.
Report By Alice Wanjiru ,KNA, Iten
