Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: In conclusion, the Ministry is committed to ensuring that our teams are well prepared and facilitated to participate in international competitions. Their good performance help to raise the profile of our country and that of the athletes. We shall continuously revise our support to the teams as and when the need arises to ensure that we meet the necessary standards for our team’s continued excellence in international competitions. view
• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the next part of the Question is the mandate of Kenya Academy of Sports. The Kenya Academy of Sports in line with the sports talent development has over the years undertaken various programmes and activities aimed at identifying and growing sports talents at the grassroots. They include: One, sports camp. The academy has so far provided training to 3,457 talented children and youth in different sports disciplines through sports camps in football, tennis, volleyball, basketball, rugby, hockey, swimming, deaf basketball, chess, netball, table tennis, among others. I have summarised in the table that I have attached. I do ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: management of sports facility equipment and training materials, and provide the implementation of structured sport talent development and training at the academy. view
• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the academy also organises national sports talent camps and it has done a number of them from 2023, which has helped in identifying and nurturing sports talent, provide opportunity for scouting of talent for local and foreign clubs, promote positive specialisation integration and instil life skills and mentorship programme. view
• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: We also have the Talanta Hela Football Programme that was successfully organised last year and, hopefully, we will do the same this year. This is meant to nurture talent. The first one was focused on football. The idea was to prepare our team for Africa Cup of Nations by 2027. It gives the opportunity to young people to expose their talents in preparations for that tournament. The coaches and technical staff are able to scout for the best talent. As a result of the same, we got some of the girls who are now going to the World Cup in ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: Those achievements notwithstanding, the Academy is yet to realise full potential because it is hindered by various factors. I want to challenge this House to look at what exactly is given to the Academy and what they expect. Last year, the Academy requested Ksh530 million for 2023/2024 and they were given Ksh280 million. This financial year, the Academy requested Ksh600 million and they were given zero shillings. There is a pattern that I have witnessed is developing. Now that I am serving in the second ministry, I can do proper comparison. You will find that in this Ministry, largely all ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: No wonder, the potential of sports in this country has never been realised as it should. You cannot reap where you do not sow. With zero money allocated to the Kenya Academy of Sports, we get zero scholarships. That is why it is reporting one scholarship in a big way. We can do more with proper resources. I do not want to mention what the State departments get, both the State Department for Youth Affairs and Creative Economy and the State Department for Sports, because it is laughable. The Academy has 36 staff against an establishment of 155 staff. view
• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: There is also lack of training facilities. We only focus on one facility at Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani. We need more training facilities so that the Academy can support sports. It has also developed a digital talent hub for online talent identification. If you establish or identify talent anywhere in the country, it is sent to that digital hub. We have audited and realised it is inadequate because it is using very basic technology. A proper talent search technology uses artificial intelligence, where information is sent to the site and it automatically identifies the quality and talents of students. ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: As I conclude, the Kenya Academy of Sports is yet to establish sports training academies across the country. The question on how many talent academies we have across the country, the Kenya Academy of Sports is yet to establish sports training academies across the country due to inadequate resources. The construction of the Headquarters at Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, is still ongoing. There are advanced plans to establish 30 sports training academies across the country during the current financial year. We have a plan for the next three years. We will establish 90 academies in the next year, 90 ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: 2026/2027 and in the Financial Year 2027/2028, we should reach a total of 290 academies. That is one academy per constituency. view