Nairobi 2010; We are fully behind you. Make Kenya proud once more

Beginning 28th July 2010, Kenya will be hosting the 17th edition of African Senior Athletics Championship at Nyayo stadium here in Nairobi. The event will run for roughly one week, till 1st August 2010.

Kenya won the bid to host the tournament after trouncing Benin in the selection meeting held in Dakar, Senegal. Our triumph may be traced to the 2007 successfully hosting of the World Cross Country Championship that was held in Mombasa.

Seeing the President hand over the national flag to our team leaders Janet Jepkosgei and Anderson Mureta yesterday, there was no doubt in my mind that Kenya is going for nothing but glory in the forthcoming Championship.

The confidence that was evident in the faces and voices of the team set to represent us at the Championship, and their track records not withstanding is enough reason to make any concerned Kenya citizen upbeat for an overwhelming win.

The World over, Kenya is credited as a force to reckon with when it comes athletics in the illustrious sports arena.

While I would want take this opportunity to unreservedly wish our team the best in the Championship, I would also wish to urge our citizenry to act with utmost decorum and embrace the immortalized wise words of our national anthem:

"Let all with one accord,
In common bond united,
Build this our nation together,
And the glory of Kenya,
The fruit of our labour,
Fill every heart with thanksgiving."

Go! Kenya go!