Category: Youths & Sports

The first edition of Michezo Mashinani tournament has kick off all over the county according to the county sports officer Mr. Shadrack Maya. The event will kick start at the ward level in all five sub counties and will involve both football and volleyball.

Mr. Shadrack Maya said this is an opportunity for youths to showcase their talent because many of them lack the exhibition platform as majority come from the county rural areas.

“We want to give the talented youths of the most remote areas and clubs an opportunity to enjoy the game. The county government will support the whole event and there will be scouts in all wards who will be identifying best talents of which later will come up with an 18 man team which will represent their respective sub counties in the Governor’s cup scheduled for next month.” Said Maya.

The county sports officer also noted that the money will be distributed equally to all wards.

“Each ward will get ksh.200, 000 for the event without regards of the size or number of teams participating to create fairness and to reach to the local community and that is why we called it Michezo Mashinani. Our main target is to get the best talent in the faraway rural areas, support these talents and later represent us in the inter counties games which will be held in Kwale county at a later date.” said Maya

He added that scouts who will be identifying talents will be from football Kenya federation (FKF) and the county ministry of education, sports and social services which will also supervise the exercise in all five sub counties.

“We will bring scouts from FKF office and other neighbouring counties because we want fairness during selection process.” Said Maya.

H.E The Governor Dr David Nkedianye being shown the stadium model where he later broke ground for the modern stadium in Ngong town

Kajiado will soon have the first modern and state stadium in Ngong after the county government led by

the governor, Dr.David Nkedienye officially attended its ground breaking in Ngong.

The stadium which will cost over 200 million will be constructed by York investment (E.A) limited and

will facilitate training for many county sportsmen and women with amazing sporting talents in Kajiado

County.

Speaking during the ground breaking at the stadium the governor said the project will benefit the sports

men and the county in general.

“This is a flagship project and will help our sport men and women perfect their talents in rugby,

football, athletics, volleyball, swimming pools and many others fields and this will improve our

performance as a county in sports. This will also benefit the county government because many athletics

will come to train here with many events will be held around Ngong.” Said the governor.

The governor also warned those grabbing public land saying he will not accept that.

“Some people are grabbing lands and had even put bicons in the stadium, forget that because my

government will not allow people to take public land because where will our children play.” said

Nkedienye.

The Governor also ordered the contractor to use the local residents during the construction.

“We want our local people to benefit from this project and we want them to be used in the construction

because they are capable, we don’t want people from other areas to come here while we have the

required labour.” Noted the governor

Kajiado County athletic coach Joel Sankale says this is good news for many athletics.

“This is really good news for our athletics, many of them lack the required training and with this project

their performance will intensify. They will also get the exposure from other sport men outside counties

and this will raise our standards.” Said Sankale.

Kikanae Masharen one of the athletics training in Ngong said the stadium is strategically good for

training.

“The stadium has been built at the right place because the weather here is good for training because it

varies  and many top athletics train here because it’s also near to the capital Nairobi. “Said Kikanae.

David Ochieng a footballer in Ngong also added that the sports will also be boosted by the stadium.

“We will also get a chance to play with the top teams in the league and in future we will be able to host

CECAFA tournament.”

TheGovernor had earlier launch the construction of the parking bay in Ngong.

the proposed modern stadium model

Alex Sampao (second from left) among the “golden boys” of Kenya Boniface Mweresa, Alex Sampao, Kiprono Koskei
and Ronald Kibet, who  won the 4×400 relays at the all Africans games with a  record time of 3.00.34

Kajiado County has major talents in athletics and need to be supported and natured as proved by Alex

 sampao from Kajiado central recently in the all Africa games in Congo Brazzaville.

 Alex Sampao was among the “golden boys” of Kenya Boniface Mweresa, Alex Sampao, Kiprono Koskei

 and Ronald Kibet, won the 4×400 relays at the all Africans games with a games record of 3.00.34

 defeating favorites Botswana who included Nigel Amos, 800m winner in their team.

 Speaking to journalist at the county headquarters, David Nkedienye said the county will support

 upcoming talent.

 “We as a county will support this amazing talent because Kajiado need people like Alex. We will nature

 more talents to build the image of Kajiado county.” said Nkedienye.

 Some of his outstanding achievement include world 400M youth bronze medalist 2013 in Donetsk

 Ukraine, world junior bronze medalist in Eugene Oregon united states, Africa championship silver

 medalist in 400M. Two times in world relay Nassau Bahamas in 2014 and 2015, gold medalist 4x400M in

 all African games in Congo.

H.E The Governor congratulates Alex Sampao when he made a visit to his office

The Governor and senator mositet sing with the youth during the event.

Kajiado County Governor Dr. David Nkedianye on friday attended the prayers and blessing ceremony of Irkimayiana at Ewaso secondary school. The event was used to mark the erosion of some of the cultural practices like FGM, early marriages and other practices that brought together all the youth of Kajiado west constituency.

The governor urged the Irkimayiana to work hard in their studies.

“Work hard in your education because you are lucky your fathers are there to fight for you and the land of this great county. Education is the light, don’t worry about fees as many of us here have learnt through bursaries. Be bright and protect your community.” Said Dr Nkedianye

On the land saga, the governor said land is not for sale in Kajiado County.

“We have banned the sale of land in this county because we are looking at the young generation to have a place to call home in future.” Said the governor

To the Irkimayiana the county boss wish them the best in future to be able to protect their community.

The senator of Kajiado county honorable Peter Mositet who also graced the event, emphasized on the importance of land saying it’s a curse to sell it.

“It’s a curse to sell land and wananchi should forbid from selling. I thank the governor for banning the sale of land and we need to produce a list of shame of those who are selling land because they are letting us down.” Said Hon. Mositet

The CECM for roads and public works Dickson Ntikoisa said the youth must preserve their culture.

“We must preserve our culture like the Jews but we must stop some cultural practices that drag us backwards as a community. FGM should stop, early marriages and many other past practices be left behind.” Said Hon Ntikoisa

The leader of Irkimayiana Ntikoisa ole Kimani said the prayers was important to unite all the youth of the area.

“This event united all the youth of this constituency together and we want to take this county far in education, respect and protect the land of our area. We want to make history. I urge the youth of this county to work hard and follow the footsteps of our leaders and they will prosper.” Said Ntikoisa

Ewaso secondary school has a lot of problem of water but the county government has promised to work on it.

kajiado youths match towards M.T.T.I yesterday

The governor of Kajiado County Dr. David Nkedienye has pleaded the youth of Kajiado County to help his government improve education for the young pupils in primary and secondary schools in the rural areas of the county in order to increase academic performance of the county.
Most of the school in the rural parts of the county are performing poorly because the kids lack mentorship and motivation from the elder literate people in the society.
Speaking yesterday during the international youth day at Maasai technical training institute (M.T.T.I), the governor asked the youth of Kajiado County who are in colleges and universities and any other institution to help in the upbringing of the young generation because they are the future of this county.
“ All of you who are in the universities and colleges and any other institution need to give back to the community by advising your little brothers and sisters at the lower level on the importance of good performance because we want the whole community to improve and that can only happen through good academic performance” said the governor
The governor also added that the county support the effort of the youth and most of his workers are young people
“As a government we are trying on the employment of the youth as you know the former chairman of Kajiado youth alliance Tipape Naini is now in the county heading a top job and many others that shows I trust you people to do a good job “added the governor
The chairman of Kajiado youth alliance Jeremiah Malano praised the county government effort and support for the youth but insisted that there is still need for improvement
“The county government has really tried to help us get some tender allocations though may not be the 30 percent but at least they have tried” said Malano.
In terms of employment, the chairman added that the county need to improve on that
“The county has tried to employ some of us but as we know we can’t get employed all of us but we need to be empowered to do our own business.” Said Malano
The county government officials present are James Sankale, chief officer education, sports, culture and social services, MCAs .engineer Nkadayo was also present.
Among the other things discussed are internships, bursaries and scholarships, lands reforms and may others.

The Governor is welcomed to the youth day by the youths  Chief Officer Mr. James Sankale

Laiser hill in action agaist passenga from the aberdare region whom they defeated 2-1 in pool B

Kajiado county laiser hill are in the semi-final of the national secondary school games.
The metropolitan champions defeated passenga from the aberdare region 2-1 in pool B match to go top of the group and they become the first team to qualify to the semis.
It followed their first game which they won 4-0 against simotwo from the mau region
Laiser started without key player musa masika with the semi – final in mind and captain flavas chamlas was also substituted in the second half, but that could not hinder their mission
Laiser took the lead in the early stages of the match through Kennedy mwangi before passenga grew in the match and equalized before halftime through James kinyanjui.
Mwangi later added a second at the 68th minute after some defensive blunder from passenga and the game ended with laiser winning 2-1.
Laiser team manager Shaban baraza said they have achieved their first goal.
“We have achieved our first goal which is to reach the semi – finals. I am proud of the boys for their hard work. We are now ready to face any team because to be champions you must play with champions. We want to go to Rwanda.
In the other game simottwo came from a goal down to draw 2-2 with waa boys from the coast
Laiser will be looking to maintain their 100 per cent record in the group stage when they play waa boys from the coast in their last group B game encounter.

County Sports Officer Shadrack Maya speaking during the selection.

Kajiado County have selected a team to represent the county in the inter-counties staff competition (KICOSCA) to be held in Eldoret

The events which include volleyball, athletics with track and field events, pool, tag of war, cultural dance and other sports events.

County sports officer Shadrack Maya said the event was to select the best team from the staffs to go and build Kajiado County a name.

“Today we have the Kajiado county staff competition for the KICOSCA games in Eldoret where staffs from all over the counties of Kenya that will start from the 16^th of August to the 22^nd of August.

Mr. Maya added that their hope is to win and proceed to the next stage because Kajiado County have proceeded in all the sports they have participated.

“we started with rugby and then football before we came to athletics and we were number three overall and six of our boys went to nationals and others abroad, I tell our people that sports is a business that pays more than the livestock we keep, it’s good that even our leaders are involved as you have seen the likes of Hon ole Matinda (chairman education and sports committee), Nkirimbai and others who came to the field. They are showing a good picture that sports is now a business”

Only those with pay slips qualify for the games