Sports Ministry calls for public participation in on-going nationwide reforms
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Reading Time: 2min | Mon. 16.06.25. | 20:06
Members of the public, stakeholders, and interested parties will offer their views to a taskforce aimed at revising the existing policies
The Ministry of Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports on Monday, 16 June, launched the Public Participation Fora on the review of the national sports policy and sports act, the first of key steps expected to culminate in a “reimagined and re-engineered” future for sports in Kenya.
The event, led by Act. Principal Secretary for Sports Elijah Mwangi, now paves the way for members of the public, stakeholders, and all interested parties to submit their views, comments and recommendations, which will instead inform a multi-stakeholder task force mandated to refine the sports policy and legal framework.
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Among the critical issues set to be discussed are: Sports Governance and Institutional reforms, Athlete Development and welfare, Data and technology, Grassroots development, Sports Infrastructure, Talent pathways through education, and Sports Tourism.
Monday’s forum in Nairobi brought together different stakeholders and sporting federations - among them the Football Kenya Federation, who provided their views and recommendations.
The same exercise is scheduled to extend countrywide this week till Friday, 20 June.
“This gathering marks an important milestone in our journey to reimagine and reengineer the future of sports in Kenya, as well as further espouse our commitment as a people of Kenya to protect and enhance the sporting industry to live to the dream and aspirations of the sector,” PS Mwangi said.
“I am calling upon all Kenyans and stakeholders to avail themselves and contribute to this exercise as all their views matter.”
Following the conclusion of public participation, a 20-member Task Force led by the former Sports Disputes Tribunal chairman John Ohaga is expected to consolidate the views before drafting a revised National Sports Policy that will later be presented to the Cabinet Secretary Salim Mvurya and Cabinet for approval, and then later to Parliament for enactment.
The remit of the Taskforce, which was appointed in November 2024 by former Sports CS Kipchumba Murkomen, was to harmonise the Sports Policy of 2002 with the Sports Act of 2013 into one document, which will hopefully eradicate the ambiguities that exist currently.
PS Mwangi, in his speech, said sports stakeholders “must confront the reality that our sports ecosystem remains fragmented and undermining to its full potential”, but carried the hope that the new move will help renew a “bold, inclusive, and transformative national vision.”
