This archive report was first published on 30 November 2019.
On November 30, 2019, the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) announced a budget of Sh600 million to send Team Kenya to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games.
The amount will cater for over 200 athletes expected to travel to Japan for the 32nd Olympic Games.
According to NOC-K President Paul Tergat, the money will cover preparations, including Sh250 million for qualifiers and trials for the athletics team.
So far, only Kenya Lionesses and 28 individual athletes have attained the qualification standards for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
NOC-K also confirmed meeting representatives of Kurume City in Nairobi this week, where they were given assurances that Team Kenya will have their pre-Olympic residential training camp.
Francis Mutuku, NOC-K acting secretary-general, stated that the deal with Kurume City will be signed in February when all athletes will have attained the qualification.
Additionally, NOC-K will have a new design for the kits and will sell them to the public for the first time.
It was also confirmed that the Government has bailed out NOCK Plaza, which was under construction and was to be auctioned by the financier.
NOCK Plaza was estimated to cost Sh1.2 billion with Sidian Bank being the main financier offering Sh800 million while NOC-K was to fork out the balance.
