Naema Celestine 
Lennick Wanyonyi
Kenya’s sporting legacy is woven into the very fabric of its national identity.
Renowned globally for its dominance in long-distance running, Kenya has produced
an assembly line of world-class athletes who have scaled the highest peaks of achievements, From marathon maestros like Eliud Kipchoge to middle-distance dynamos such as David Rudisha to the current African holder Ferdinand Omanyala in 100m races. Kenyan athletes have consistently dazzled the world with their unparalleled prowess and unwavering determination.
Kenya has challenges behind the glittering facade of victory lies a litany of challenges that threaten to impede, Kenya’s sporting aspirations, structural deficiencies, inadequate funding, and lack of grassroots development have often hindered
the growth of sports in the country. Additionally, issues such as doping scandals have cast a shadow over Kenya’s athletic reputation.
Despite the obstacles, Kenya stands poised at a crossroads, brimming, with potential and possibilities. Initiatives aimed at grassroots development, talent identification, and infrastructure improvement are gradually bearing fruit,
laying the foundation for a brighter sporting future.
With the launch of Talanta Hela countrywide under the chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary of Sports, Ababu Namwamba, lots of changes have been undertaken to cub young talents from the grassroots level to be trained internationally. Bungoma sporting activities are on the radar with the construction of Masinde Muliro Kanduyi stadium to match the International level.
The stadium will be home to Bungoma Stars and Bungoma Starlets and even Nzoia FC will be shifting to Masinde Muliro Stadium as, their home grounds, from Sudi. The Stadium is being built to have State-of-the-art equipment with a hall of indoor games, a basketball court, a rugby pitch, a football pitch, a hockey pitch, a netball pitch, a gymnasium, and a swimming pool.
Bungoma County is home to many untapped talents which will shine light once the stadium is completed and be opened to the general public for training. It will enable a good opportunity for scouts to come and find rising stars in different sporting areas from athletes, football, hockey, basketball and netball to many other fields of sports.
The stadium will also have a medical center, a modern parking area, and well-equipped changing rooms for players. It will have a capacity of 20,000 people with modern rooftops and a VIP section, becoming the 2nd largest stadium in Western Kenya afterBukhungu Stadium in Kakamega.
The Stadium will have a greater impact on the people of Bungoma County, as it will affect all spheres of the people. At the end of the completion of Masinde Muliro Stadium, it will coincide with FIFA regulations. The first international games to be hosted in
Masinde Muliro Stadium will be in September this year as Kenya will be cohosting with Uganda and Tanzania the Under 20 African Nations Championship (CHAN)
It will be given the chance to host national and county government functions apart from sporting events. The facility will open room for investments in the sporting industry and the hospitality sector guaranteeing the county revenue of up to SH 10 MILLION
annually from the current what is generated before the facelift of around sh 100 000 annually.
