President Uhuru Kenyatta will tomorrow(Saturday) preside over reopening the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi.
The stadia have been under renovation for more than three years
An invite from Sports ministry to sports federation shows the event will begin by 9:30am.
“His Excellency the President of the Republic of Kenya will preside over the reopening of the Nyayo National Stadium on Saturday, 26th September, 2020.
“This is to invite your federation to attend this important function to the sporting fraternity. Please extend the invitation to your players and the dress code will be tracksuits preferably ones depicting Kenya National colours,” the invite reads.
The facility will host the Nairobi leg of World Athletics Continental Tour dubbed Kip Keino Classic on October 3, with local football league matches expected to be next in line.
Athletics Kenya (AK) Vice-president Paul Mutwii says the reopening of the facility has come in handy for the Nairobi leg of World Athletics Continental Tour dubbed Kip Keino Classic which will be hosted at the 30,000-seater stadium October 3.
Mutwii recounted how AK has faced challenges since 2017 owing to the closure of the facility, which they largely prefer when hosting national and international athletics championships due to its proximity to the Nairobi Central Business District (CBD).
“We’re very happy to have back Nyayo because it has been a challenge to host our events elsewhere because the stadium is strategically built where fans can throng in large numbers compared to Kasarani which is far from CBD.
“We (AK) had requested the government to fasten renovations ahead of the upcoming Nairobi Continental Tour and we’re happy because they’ve fulfilled our request and now the event will be hosted in a good-looking facility,”
