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the legendary Kipchoge Keino, former and reigning Day 4: Kericho County
athletes like Pamela Jelimo, Wilfred Bungei, Eliud
Kipchoge, Consenslus Kipruto among others. In Kericho County the Deputy Governor of Kericho
Mr. Joseph Lagat applauded the county government County Susan Kikwai was kitted with a cap and a
for the establishment of the facilities, adding that T-shirt as she fl agged off the caravan and engaged
the completion of the stadia especially Kapsabet the crowd by informing them about the upcoming
Stadium which has been designed to the international event and why it is such an important opportunity
standards will promote the sport and enable Kenya for Kenya and also for our children. She was formally
host international competitions in future. invited and handed a dummy ticket as a symbol. She
also encouraged us to go through Kericho County and
Nyamira Cpunty
KYEB
have a cup of tea. e caravan engaged the crowds
and handed them rewards when they answered
e Caravan extended its journey to Nyamira County
questions or participated in dancing and cheering.
where David Ogechi Secretary General of Athletics
Day 5: Nakuru County
Kenya Nyamira County was able to fl ag off the cara-
van into Nyamira County. e Caravan interacted
with the crowd that followed into town to engage
The Caravan made a triumphant entrance into
them on the dates for the event and why it was im-
Nakuru County where the Deputy Governor Mr.
portant for them to come cheer Team Kenya. e
Joseph Rutto fl agged off the caravan and urged the
crowd participated in answering questions and per-
residents of Nakuru to attend the event next week
forming and were rewarded with refl ector jackets,
as it would be the last edition.
t-shirts and other merchandise items.
He called on the management of schools in the
region to organize for pupils and students to attend
Day 3: Kisii County
as they will be admitted free of charge.
“I urge the youth to make sure they attend the
KENYA YEARBO0K
Kisii Governor James Ongwae extolled the virtues of
World Under-18 Championships because they will
Kenya hosting the global championships. Speaking
have a lot to learn and also cheer up the local boys
at the Kisii County Government headquarters where
and girls as they win medals for Kenya,” said Ruto.
he fl agged off the caravan, Governor Ongwae said
Ruto said that Nakuru County was proud to have
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the July 12th –16th Championships will leave a strong
produced Faith Chepng’etich, who won 1,500m gold
legacy. He said he was proud that his county had pro-
for Kenya at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Brazil.
vided a number of athletes to Kenya’s team among
them sprinter Mary Moraa. e Form Two student
at Mogonga Secondary is among six other students Day 6: Laikipia County
from the Gusii region who will represent Kenya at In Laikipia County the caravan was welcomed by
the global youth event. He was offi cially invited and athletes who were doing their morning run. ey
was handed a ticket to the championship when he cheered and were happy to be associated with the
fl agged off the caravan and welcomed everyone to WU18 championship as they got kitted with t-shirts
Kisii County. as a token of appreciation. e caravan was fl agged
off by the Deputy County Commissioner who was
representing the Governor who sent his apologies for
not attending but he gave his support and welcomed
the caravan to the county.

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