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team leader would check in all the team members Challenges
by signing them in and signing for their room keys.
e volunteers at the reception desks would then 1. Some service providers did not receive their ac-
assign the team members the room keys and have creditation because there was a delay in issuing
a volunteer usher them to their respective rooms. them. is resulted in work being delayed and
therefore we had to provide a supplementary list
Accreditation Set up of the service provider’s staff to facilitate clearance
to work at the athlete’s village. Some of these
Accreditation for athletes, offi cials and some service service providers included: Parapet cleaning ser-
providers and was done at Kenyatta University’s vices (cleaning service provider), Unique Loos
Business Students Centre. ere were two offi ces 2. e accreditation centre was not set up on time
(porta loos provider) , Platinum Plus Ltd (sound
KYEB
at the accreditation centre.
provider) , and DSTV(cable TV provider).
i. e fi nance offi ce – eir role was to receive pay-
and thus, this delayed the accreditation progres-
ments from the athletes and offi cials
sion.
ii. e accreditation offi ce – To process accreditation
3. e volunteers that were allotted for accommoda-
passes
tion did not have the right accreditation to access
the village. is proved to be a challenge because
e accreditation process was as follows:
as teams arrived we ended up not having enough
volunteers to support with the check in process.
i. e teams would fi rst report to the LOC accom-
e accreditation pass for access of the athletes
modation and fi nance desk to ensure that they
Village was number 12 and most of the athletes
had made payments before they proceeded to the
did not have that number on their passes.
accreditation desk. Upon clearance by the fi nance
Recommendations
desk they would then proceed to the accreditation
desk.

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ii. At the accreditation desk, the offi cer’s in charge
1. Access to the KU village in good time would have
would receive their passport identifi cation and
helped us set up the accreditation center on time
take a picture of each member, after which the
2. Provision of service passes should be provided in
passes were printed and handed to each member
good time to avoid a back log of work
EDITORIAL BOARD
respectively. Once the teams had received their
3. The service pass accreditation should have the
passes, they would also receive an information
service provider company name to ease in iden-
pack and gift bag which included an IAAF branded
tifi cation of individuals.
bag.
Set up of the Accommodation Venue for
What worked Athletes Village

1. e accreditation process at Kenyatta University As part of the set up for the accommodation venue
was swift for the teams at athlete’s village – IMG was tasked with ensuring
2. The accommodation volunteer assigned to the that the village was set and ready for use by the time
accreditation centre was reliable and they con- the athletes checked in.
sistently briefed the accommodation team on the e following was done to ensure smooth operations
athletes and teams arrival after accreditation at the athlete’s village:
3. e service providers were able to secure their
passes from the KU accreditation centre

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