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                       the government, secretariat and directorates/com-  Technical sub-committee
                       mittees.  It was chaired by Athletics Kenya President
                       Jackson Tuwei.                                Name                 Designation
                            e LOC through the Technical Directorate had
                       to contract individuals or companies to assist in   1  Ibrahim Hussein   Director
                       achieving and fi nalizing its work.    e LOC assisted   2  Paul Mutwii    Deputy Director
                       by facilitating most of the technical requirements and   3  Benjamin Njoga   Athletics Kenya (AK)
                       bringing in extra expertise to perfect the preparation             Executive
                       and the running of the Championships.         4  Francis Afundi    AK Affi  liate Member
                                                                     5  Elizabeth Anono   Secretary
                                                                     6  Lilian Nzile
                                                                                          Stadium Manager
                       Venue Infrastructure
                   KYEB
                                                                     7  John Ruga
                                                                                          Sports Kenya (SK) Engineer
                                                                     8  Henry Lebo
                                                                                          AK Asset
                          e Technical Directorate was responsible for pro-
                                                                                          Equipment.
                                                                     9  Geoff rey Macharia
                       viding a venue to the specifi cations set for the event
                                                                                          Accountant
                                                                     10  George Kariuki
                       and agreed in the contract with the IAAF.    e venue
                                                                                          Equipment
                                                                     11  Damary Atila
                       includes the competition area, warm-up areas, a
                                                                     12  Moses Mwamiry
                                                                                          Information Technology
                       training venue and ancillary facilities for competition
                       management. Preparation work on the venue infra-
                                                                     Iaaf appointment of delegates
                       structure included construction and refurbishment
                       of permanent facilities and installation of temporary
                       facilities.
                                                                     Technical delegates
                            ere may also be a requirement to manage the
                       venue during the period of the event.
                            e IAAF has introduced a certifi cation programme
                                                                     International Association of Athletics Federations
                       based upon the goal that all facilities, synthetic sur-  Technical Delegates were appointed by the
                                                                     (IAAF), two years in advance.
                       faces, implements and equipment built for use in
                      KENYA  YEARBO0K
                       international competitions conform to IAAF speci-
                                                                     1.  Sylvie Barlag (Netherlands),
                       fi cations and therefore guarantees the validity of the
                                                                     2.  Jose Luis De Carlos (Spain)
                       performances and the quality of the product.
                                                                     3.  Imre Matrahazi - IAAF Technical Manager
                         It was the Technical team’s duty to ensure that
                       EDITORIAL BOARD
                       all athletics items used in the Championships, from      e initial list had Luis Saladie (Spain) who was re-
                       equipment to track surfaces were of the requisite   placed by Imre Matrahazi.
                       standard, manufactured in accordance with IAAF
                       technical requirements, and, most importantly,   Photo Finish Judge
                       guarantee the safety of the athletes.
                                                                     Ville Aho (Finland)
                       Sports Kenya
                                                                     International starter:
                       Sports Kenya being the main body that runs Sports
                       in the country, played a central role in the Technical   Ubiratan Martins (Brazil)
                       and Competition Directorate.    ey provided trained
                       personnel who understood the venues and had ex-  International technical offi  cials (ITO’s)
                       perienced with the facilities.
                         Sports Kenya handed over the facility to LOC in   In addition to the appointment of various Technical
                       good time which enabled proper standardization of   Delegates, IAAF was required to appoint key
                       the venues as required by IAAF.               International Technical Offi  cials (ITOs) to assist the




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