Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba and Athletics Kenya President Jack Tuwei flanked by (from left) Mary Moraa, Beatrice Chepkoech, Isaac Kirwa, Monicah Zephania, Wiseman Were, Reynold Cheruiyot and athlete representative Milcah Chemos pose for a photo during the launch of Mwanariadha Pension initiative at Weston hotel in Nairobi on November 30, 2023.
Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba noted that albeit late, the launch of the new initiatives marks a new dawn in the history of Kenyan athletics and called on other federations to take queue
AK President Jack Tuwei said the initiative was conceived after a report they commissioned over five years ago revealed a damning and sorry state the athletes were living in across the country.
Namwamba said the two initiatives are unique schemes that the government has intended to install so as to provide a fallback plan to athletics careers that have a short life span
Athletics Kenya (AK) has launched the Athletics Kenya Veterans Endowment Fund and The Mwanariadha Pension Initiative as the government forked out Sh20 million in support of the projects.
Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba noted that albeit late, the launch of the new initiatives marks a new dawn in the history of Kenyan athletics and called on other federations to take queue.
