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More than 3,000 youth enter state-sponsored talent camps

Kipchumba Murkomen

Sports Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen meets young athletes during the launch of the 2024 National Sports Talent Camp at Aga Khan High School, Nairobi on December 4, 2024.

Photo credit: Pool

By  Victor Otieno

Reporter

NMG Sport

What you need to know:

  • The initiative began in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu and Eldoret on December 1 and will end on December 15.
  • Nairobi has the highest participants at 1,400 followed by Mombasa and Kisumu each with 600 athletes each.

Over 3,000 young athletes are undergoing a two weeks of residential training dubbed “National Sports Talent Camp” in numerous locations across the country. 

The initiative, which is a collaboration between the Kenya Academy of Sports (KAS) and the Ministries of Sports and Education, began in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu and Eldoret on December 1 and will end on December 15.

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