The first batch of Team Kenya delegation to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will depart the country on July 5, 2021, for a 12 day mandatory camp in Kurume City, an inland city on Japan’s Kyushu Island
This is part of an agreement entered between the Kenyan government and the Kurume City. It will be conducted under strict adherence to the Tokyo 2020 Playbook.
Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed made the announcement Thursday, May 13, after releasing the new guidelines that gave a nod to resumption of sports in the country.
The guidelines require any sports federations entering teams for international events to seek travel clearance from the Sports Ministry besides submitting weekly returns of COVID-19 tests carried out on active athletes.
No spectators shall be allowed at any sporting events.
Meanwhile, all U-18 sports events remain suspended. Special consideration will, however, be granted to National Teams preparing for select international events.
“The Ministry will not authorize travel to countries where the COVID-19 caseload is established to be high or where the Ministry of Health advises to be high risk,” Amina said in a statement.
Amina further disclosed that her Ministry in conjunction with the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) and the Kenya National Paralympic Committee (KNPC) will continue to educate and sensitize athletes on the playbook with daily activity logs submitted to the Ministry by the General Team Managers until the conclusion of the Games.
Football will be the first sport to resume on Friday, 14, 2021, with a game between Kakamega Homeboyz and Kariobangi Sharks.