Due to coronavirus, Athletics Kenya (AK) has moved second and third Track and Field meetings to Nairobi’s Nyayo stadium.
The events that were set to be held in Embu and Mumias on March 12 to 13 and April 2 to 3 respectively will now be held at Nyayo stadium.
In a communiqué from the federation, the statement read: “According to AK , ‘strict adherence to the Covid-19 safety protocols and the financial costs involved in the process’ necessitated their decision to change the venue. The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic have adversely affected the hosting of sports locally and internationally. The results of these effects being cancellation of programmed events or hosting them through strictly controlled circumstances in terms of following protocols put in place and the financial costs involved in the process.
“Consequently, Athletics Kenya has now centralised the 2021 track and field weekend meets to Nairobi. The meets which were previously to be held in Embu on 12th-13th March, 2021 and Mumias on 2nd-3rd April, 2021 will now be held at The Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi on the same dates,” read part of the AK’s statement.