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inter-ministerial team, headed by Interior Cabinet 2017 Local Organising Committee invites you to
Secretary, Maj Gen Rtd. Joseph Nkaissery and his make time in the course of your stay and sample
sports counterpart, Dr Hassan Wario, has been some of our tourism sites, including Mombasa,
pivotal to this success. At Athletics Kenya, we feel Mt Kenya, Maasai Mara and the Nairobi National
humbled by this gesture and will continue working Park.
hard to ensure our young sportsmen and women Your visit to Kenya will be incomplete if you
enjoy facilities that will allow them to maximise don’t sample our attractions including the world
their potential. famous “Big Five” Game Park, our beautiful
KYEB
ese Championships will leave a lasting legacy to
beaches and historic mountains. I urge you to take
Kenyan athletes, who now have additional world-
advantage of your stay here to make these trips -
class facilities for training and competition both at
including the scenic fi ve-hour ride to Mombasa
the Moi International Sports Centre and at Kenyatta
on the newly-launched Standard Gauge Railway
University. Such facilities will allow us to nurture
and to experience as you do so our matchless
world-class talent that will represent our nation at
fauna and fl ora.
next year’s Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast,
I wish you a pleasant stay in Kenya. Karibu
the 2019 IAAF World Championships in Doha,
Nairobi!
and indeed the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and beyond.
Finally, dear friends, in conjunction with the Kenya
Lt. Gen (RTD) Jackson Tuwei
Tourism Board, the IAAF World U18 Championships
Chairman LOC
KENYA YEARBO0K

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