This archive report was first published on 29 November 2019.
On November 29, 2019, the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (Nock) General Assembly approved a budget of Sh 600 million for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Nock President Paul Tergat revealed that Sh250 million of the budget will be allocated towards preparations and qualification for the Summer Games, which are scheduled to take place from July 24 to August 9 in Tokyo, Japan.
Kenya is expected to be represented by an estimated 100 athletes at the Tokyo Summer Games, a significant increase from the 89 athletes who represented the country at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
"We still have teams trying to qualify for the games, which covers the first four months of next year," said Tergat, addressing the media after the General Assembly and Annual General Meeting at the Panari Hotel in Nairobi.
Some of the disciplines that are yet to go through their qualification process include boxing, women's volleyball, table tennis, judo, tae kwon-do, and wrestling.
However, around 46 athletes have already qualified for the Olympics, including 28 from athletics, two swimmers, and two team sports - the men and women's rugby sevens teams.
Tergat confirmed that Kurume City in Fukuoka, Japan will host Team Kenya for a camp before the Games, but clarified that the local training venue after the team's arrival will be disclosed later.
"We thought that we can't continue waiting and discussing on the venue in Japan when time was running out with other countries having already settled and selected venues," said Tergat.
"We shall hold consultations with specific disciplines where some would prefer to train elsewhere, especially athletics that would have sprinters only in Kurume," he added.
Team Kenya will also be donning new training and competition kit, which will be unveiled in April next year.
"We are in talks with our kit provider Nike where we are in the process of redesigning the kit," said Tergat.
Notably, Nock's revenue improved by an estimated Sh38 million last year, rising to Sh142,401,084 in 2018 from Sh104,794,380 in 2017.
