Kenya Triathlon, baseball federations join NOC-K

Kenya Triathlon Federation and their Baseball counterparts requests for affiliation to the National Olympics Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) have been approved in this year’s Ordinary Session of the General Assembly held on Monday, 19 December.

The annual General meeting had a few agendas including presentation and adoption of the 2023 annual budget, audited accounts for the year ending 31 December 2021 and the 2023 Games Program.

Kenya Triathlon was established in 2007 and has so far organized over 30 world class competitions in Triathlon, duathlon, aquathlon, cross-triathlon, paratriathlon, long distance triathlon and triathlon mixed relay.

Kenya has previously been ranked within the top 25 at the international World Championships. The team earned one gold medal and a string of encouraging performances, finishing in 24th position worldwide and 2nd in Africa.

Meanwhile, baseball was introduced in Kenya by the US marines in 1970 in Bahati estate in Nairobi. Later the in 1997 the Kenya Baseball and Softball Association (KEBSA) was formed however, the association later split to form two entities of baseball and Softball.

The Baseball Federation of Kenya (BFK) was registered with the Registrar of Societies, and later as national sports federation under section 47 of the sports Act of 2013.

It is present in five regions in Kenya. Locally, the federation is affiliated to Kenya National sports council (KNSC), the Africa Baseball and Softball Association (ABSA), and the World Baseball and Softball Confederation (WBSC).

Meanwhile, at the same general assembly, NOC-K invited sports organizations and their stakeholders to join a new climate action for sports movement.

The General Assembly adopted the initiative with an aim of achieving a clear trajectory for the sports community through measuring, reducing and reporting greenhouse gas emissions established in line with the well below 2-degree scenario enshrined in the Paris Agreement.