Partnerships: Youth to benefit from Mombasa County and Sweden programmes

MOMBASA STADIUM-CONSTRUCTION-JOHO INSPECTS SITE; Mombasa County Governor Hassan Joho(middle) , flanked by among others the County Chief Officer for Youths, Gender and Sports Rajab Babu (2nd left) and the General Manager of Bakar Agencies Noor Abdi (3rd right) views the map of the the construction of the County Stadium at Tononoka in Mombasa County on Wednesday,08th June,2016. The Stadium expected to be funded by the County Government at a cost of Multi Millions Shillings will increase the sitting capacity from 9,000 to 30,000 people and expected to complete by end of this year.PHOTO BY MAARUFU MOHAMED/STANDARD

Talented and youthful footballers in Mombasa stand to gain after the county signed a three-year partnership programme with Vasternorrland city of Sweden for sports exchange programmes.

Rajab Babu, the chief executive officer, Department of Youth, Gender and Sports in Mombasa, said officials from the Swedish city will be in Mombasa on October 2 to officially launch the programme to be undertaken at the newly opened Uwanja wa Mbuzi Stadium in Kongowea, Nyali constituency.