Kenya can diversity its great sports potential

Julius Yego competes during the men’s javelin throw qualifications at the IAAF World Championships at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow on August 15. [PHOTO: AFP]

By PAUL KARIUKI

Like politics, sports can be unifying as well as divisive. We, as a nation, collectively put our stereotyping of certain communities aside and, in a patriotic spirit, cheer on our sportsmen and women when they’re doing the country proud through heroic sporting exploits.