County to revamp playgrounds in Sub Counties for talent development

Thika, Wednesday, April 12, 2023

K.N.A  By Muoki Charles

Kiambu County government plans to refurbish playing grounds in all its 12 sub counties in a bid to nurture sporting talent among its youth.

County Sports Executive Committee Member (CEC) Osman Korar said the works will entail improving the statuses of major play grounds in the county so as to attract sporting activities.

Speaking in Thika during a two-day sports event dubbed Kiambu youths Sports talents day held at Thika stadium, Korar said the county has concrete plans to pull talented youths from hopelessness and despair by engaging them constructively in  sports.

Among the sporting activities that the county intends to focus on include football, athletics, karate, taekwondo, dancing which the CEC said would help in turning round the fortunes of millions of youths in the county.

“We have several playgrounds that are dilapidated that we intend to refurbish into grounds able to attract sporting activities. From the talent day, we have witnessed that the county has enormous talent that needs to be harnessed and nurtured,” he said.

Korar added that they have rolled out a programme of identifying youths with untapped talents so that they can be nurtured to reach their potential.

The official said they are also working on a programme to train coaches for nurturing these raw talents.

Participants and their coaches lauded the move by the county government to organize such an event saying it helped in realizing talents at a young age.

Led by Carolyne Wambui, the manager of the Acrobats team, they said sports has become one of the best paying careers and called on the youth to embrace and discover their talents early enough.

They also called for more support from the national and county governments which would help in transforming many youths.

During the two-day event, youth between 11-17 years showcased their sporting talents with their coaches and managers showing their sporting prowess.

Courtesy K.N.A