MAKORI: Junior athletes made us proud, MPs disappointed

These past days have demonstrated the global power of sport in the world union and the unblocking of socio-political blockades once unjustified.

The Sports and Professional Center of the Sauti Kuu Foundation of Auma Obama in his ancestral home in Siaya, former US President Barack Obama, extolled the virtues of sport to build a good character.

The sport was one of the most down-to-earth presidents. the man on earth, mingle and throw high-five on a basketball court with little boys and girls from Alego Nyang oma, who have never dreamed of getting closer to & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; An American ambbadador, let alone meet a famous former American president

President Obama stressed that, regardless of the wealth or social position of each, field sports is a good equalizer because it boils down to whether you can play or not. Similarly, the successful hosting of the FIFA World Cup by Russia dispelled skepticism before the tournament and diluted attacks on the Kremlin's ability to organize a large, uneventful sporting event in a country considered private of civil liberties. President Vladimir Putin has granted free all holders of a World Cup fan ID card for the rest of the year after a successful tournament. Winter Olympics in Sochi.

The victory of France and the last superstar of football Kylian Mbappe on the big stage announce exciting moments for the "football badociation" which has evolved too much over the last decade on a basis of Ronaldo-Messi.

Amid the crescendo of the Luzhniki din, one would be forgiven for missing the excitement of other major sporting dates, such as the iconic Wimbledon men's and women's finals, the Tour de France and Filipino boxing legend Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao. Victory over WBA welterweight champion, Lucas Lucas, Lucas Matthysse of Argentina, in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.

For Kenya, the tremendous performance of our athletes at the IAAF World Under-20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, the country's athletic potential.

He mitigated the recent wave of negative reports from Kenya on positive doping tests that have seriously undermined our enviable image.

It was rebaduring to see Solomon Lekuta, George Manangoi, Edward Zakayo, Rhonex Kipruto, Beatrice Chebet and Celliphine Chespol winning the gold medal in Tampere and catapulting Kenya to the medal top at the end of the Sunday championships.

A big thumbs up to Ng 'eno Kipng' etich, Stanley Waithaka, Leonard Bett and Miriam Cherop for the silver medals and Justus Soget for the bronze medal.

These medals pushed Kenya to overtake the traditional giants of athletics USA and Jamaica

The credit goes to Athletics Kenya, its president Jack Tuwei, its executive director Susan Kamau, the head of the youth committee Barnabas Korir and his teammate Evans Bosire, for weaving a novice team that has worked on the rest of the world. But even then, these officials must find ways to ensure that the teams in these competitions are adequately equipped, and in time, to avoid the unnecessary turns that seem to always be present in football. Kenyan. Just as we glorify Didier Deschamps for leading the Blues to victory in the World Cup in Russia, we should also celebrate our under-20 head coach, Robert Ng & # 39; isirei, for a job well done in Tampere.

And while we give credit to the secretary of the Sports Cabinet Rashid Echesa and his PS Kirimi Kaberia for spending the week in the Kenyan camp in Tampere, to motivate young people to the coveted title, the beards must be launched at the way of our deputies hanging on business clbad tickets to enjoy a five-star treatment in Moscow on the taxpayer's tab. I am willing to bet on my pension benefits that nothing tangible will come out of the game of the Russian World Cup of these lawmakers.

If any of them could inspire Dr. Obama and set up sports centers in their respective constituencies, then that would not bother us if all of the National Assembly, including the weapons sergeant, flew first clbad, drank single malt whiskey, dined and resided in five-star hotels to compete at the 2022 World Cup

It is odious that these MPs demand business clbad tickets for Russian five-star hotels, claiming that they "represent the country", but Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic flew to Qatar. Economy on several trips to motivate his national team until the Sunday final

I wish the safety of JKIA allows us to transport rotten eggs and bouquets of flowers in the arrivals terminal, rotten eggs on the faces of these e MPs, and the flowers for our junior athletes who beat the world.