A past sitting Volleyball game at 64 Stadium in Eldoret town on May 31, 2010. Photo/FILE
NATION MEDIA GROUP
Nyeri County has missed the just concluded
sitting volleyball national trials for the physically challenged due to
lack of funding.
On Monday, there was confusion over who is to take responsibility as sports officials involved engaged in a blame game.
According
to Nyeri County volleyball coordinator Jane Nyaguthi, who is also the
coach of the team, she presented request for funding to the County
Sports director Caxton Mwiti.
Coach Nyaguthi said
players from all the six constituencies of the county had prepared for
the trials and decried the disorganisation.
“We do not
know who to turn to if the county government cannot help us to represent
the county in search an important event,” said Ms Nyaguthi.
TEAM'S HISTORY
Mr Mwiti confirmed receipt of the request to the Nation and said he forwarded the same to the Education county executive Elijah Nguyo.
“I personally handed over the letter from the team to Mr Nguyo for action but he asked for the history of the team,” he said.
In a letter seen by Nation,
Mr Nguyo wrote to the county director of sports saying: “Kindly give
us the history of this sport and the way you were handling it in the
past.”
However, the letter was dated the same time that the team was scheduled to be in Mombasa.
DID NOT KNOW THEM
When
reached for comment, Mr Nguyo said he had not seen the team and did not
know anything about them until he received the request for funding.
He
said: “There is nothing I could do since the time was too short and yet
I had not been briefed anything about the team. Even to this minute, I
have not heard from Mr Mwiti about the team.”
The team
requested Sh239,000 to cater for accommodation, transport and food
during the trials that were held on Friday at Aga Khan grounds in
Mombasa.
The trials were staged in readiness for the Para Volleyball World Championship qualifiers in Uganda.
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