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Kenyan team in Oregon should make us proud

President Uhuru Kenyatta hands the national flag to Kenyan teams to the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA.

The 18th World Athletics Championships kicked off yesterday at the Hayward Field inside the University of Oregon, in the US, with concerns over visa hitches witnessed in several countries.

The visa hitch affected athletes in South Africa, India, Gambia among others. Olympic Games 100m semi-finalist Gift Leotleta of South Africa and nine other South African sprinters remained stranded in Italy as they had not received US visas.

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