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Let’s prepare our team well for the Summer Olympic Games

Sports Cabinet Secretary Amb Amina Mohamed visits Olympics-boound teams at Kasarani Stadium on June 8, 2021. [Standard Sports]

The long wait is almost over. The Summer Olympic Games, which was put off last year following the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, is here with us. And on Thursday, Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani allocated Sh16.5 billion to sports, a generous amount given the global economic recession due to the pandemic.

Apart from other requirements in sports which most of the budget will go into, of immediate requirement now is enough money to prepare Team Kenya for the Tokyo Olympics.

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