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ii. Daily maintenance of the hostels common areas iii. Directional signage
and washrooms. iv. Competition schedules for the athletes
iii. Garbage collection, removal and disposal
iv. Sanitary bins changing, disinfecting, removal The Communication Information Desk (CID) was
of waste and incineration stationed at Kenyatta University in common room 2.
v. Toiletries replenishment (tissue and liquid soap)
vi. Daily cleaning of the common rooms, massage What worked
rooms, gym area and entertainment area
i. Disseminating the athletes BIB number before
competition day from the CID offi ces.
Challenges ii. Provision of the start list on a daily basis on the
KYEB
notice boards.
i. The Parapet cleaners did not receive their
iii. Any changes the teams made were communi-
accreditation on time and this resulted in them
cated by CID to the Teams Information Centre
delaying to start their work
at Kasarani Stadium.
ii. Parapet cleaners did not have enough storage
iv. e bus schedules, emergency contacts, direc-
for their tissues
tional signage and competition schedules for the
iii. Communication of their scope of work was not
athletes were provided.
clear initially because of Kenyatta University
v. Signage (directional and information) was put
were aware that they were doing housekeeping.
up.
However, it was later resolved but this caused a
delay in starting work.
Challenges
Recommendations
i. We received one printer whereas we had made
a request of 6 printers from the LOC.
i. Ensure the team gets their accreditation in good
KENYA YEARBO0K
ii. Only two desktops were provided whereas we
time
were promised 6 computers from LOC.
ii. Have one company off er housekeeping and out-
iii. Signage was put up late because early access to
door cleaning services for uniformity.
K.U was denied and also because the contractor
EDITORIAL BOARD
for printing the signage was given the work two
IAAF, teams and offi cials’ communication
days prior to the athletes arriving.
During the championship, the delegates received
relevant information about the event via the respec- Recommendations
tive hotel desks. e Local Organizing Committee
purchased Notice boards that were used for daily Provision of all requested machines (Computers and
updates. printers) should be made early to reduce bottlenecks.
Each Nyayo hostel had a notice board, the informa- i. Make sure the provided machines are set up and
tion shared included: functioning i.e. they can be put to use or transfer
function to the event management company.
i. Bus Schedules, ii. Status meetings should be done on a daily basis.
ii. Emergency Contacts e team should comprise of Team leader rep-
resentatives from the Event Company, security,
volunteers, kitchen staff and medical team.

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