KAS reschedules nationwide recruitment exercise

Kenya Academy of Sports (KAS) scheduled nationwide recruitment of talented athletes in basketball, volleyball, football and rugby has been reschedule. 

The state corporation under the Ministry of Youth Affairs, Sports and the Arts with the mandate of identifying and developing sports talent for elite performance had set the excersice for 10 and 20 November at various centres across the country.

KAS says the rescheduling of the national exercise has been necessitated by the overwhelming demand by key stakeholders to access selection centres.

"Every county headquarters will be a Talent Selection Centre. The new dates for the exercise will be communicated in due course," KAS has announced in a statement. 

Initially, some regions had been lumped together and the selection moved to one of the counties with only two days assigned for the exercise. 

Successful athletes at the grassroot level will undergo a competitive national selection for placement at the academy for elite eight-month residential training in Nairobi.

Some of the recruitment requirements given are that partipants be out of school youth aged 17 to 19 years, present a valid Kenyan national Identity Card and a birth certificate for those under 18. 

They are also expected to be physically and medically fit and have no criminal record among other requirements. 

Specific minimum requirements for the different disciplines, including height have also been provided. 

Stakeholders have welcomed the move to make every county headquarter a centre, arguing that this would offer recruitment chances to more youngsters who would have otherwise missed out.