Kenya’s sports is set to go digital next year as the ministry of sports will be launching their first digital content in the country.
While addressing athletes’ stakeholders to mark the 70th birthday of Athletics Kenya at Nyayo National stadium on Tuesday, sports cabinet secretary Dr. Amina Mohammed said they will be launching the digital platforms by 2021.
Amina said that the initiative is a way of celebrating Kenya’s rich history in sports across all disciplines.
“In celebrating Kenya’s history, heritage and excellence across disciplines, geography and communities, we partnered with Google Kenya, Arts and Culture and other partners to launch the first digital content feature on Kenyan sports,” said Amina in her address.
Accompanied by Sports Administrative Secretary Hassan Noor Hassan, Amina explained that the project will have National Olympic and Paralympic Committees.
“On this platform, we will highlight the prowess of Kenya’s athletes and show how sports can change lives and how iconic sports heroes are improving lives in their communities and pushing the known boundaries of athletic performance one second at a time,” said Amina.
She urged all sporting disciplines to fully participate in the project whose end aspiration is to create an online sports museum to share the unbounded gift of Kenya’s rich sporting history with the rest of the world.
On her remarks concerning the 70th birthday, Amina said the federation is the most successful sports federations not only in Kenya, but in the world, having produced a galaxy of stars who have followed in the footsteps of pioneers.