Queens’s baton leaves Kenya for Uganda

FILE PHOTO: Uasin Gishu County Governor Jackson Mandago (holding baton), accompanied by Athletics Kenya officials and members from Commonwealth, celebrate the arrival of the Commonwealth Baton in Eldoret 07.04.2017. PHOTOS BY PETER OCHIENG/STANDARD.

The Queen’s Baton on Wednesday left for Uganda after a stirring three-day stay in the country.

The road towards Commonwealth Games in 2022, Birmingham began after the Baton arrived in the country on 2nd November 1.00am from Cameroon and was received by the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) Athlete Representative Humphrey Kayange who doubled up as the Baton Manager.