By AYUMBA AYODIMore by this AuthorEight sportsmen and women are set to benefit from Olympic Solidarity scholarships worth Sh12 million, which is geared towards helping them qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (Nock) acting secretary general, Francis Mutuku disclosed Monday that the eight athletes made it from 12 applications. Mutuku said the scholarships are for the period starting January this year to the time of the Olympics planned for July 24 to August 9 in Japan or when the individual athletes fails under any of the qualification process. Table tennis and shooting prodigies Brian Mutua and Gulraaj Sehmi are among the beneficiaries of the scholarships that are intended to provide the individual athletes with the best opportunity to prepare and hopefully qualify for the Olympics. “The Technical Committee will oversight, guide, direct and in conjunction with the respective technical or national coaches provide the best programme to assist these athletes qualify,” said Mutuku.

Source: Daily Nation March 04, 2019 10:52 UTC