{"id":2346,"date":"2024-03-06T09:57:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T09:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/?p=2346"},"modified":"2024-03-06T09:57:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T09:57:35","slug":"boycotting-all-africa-games-trials-by-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/2024\/03\/06\/boycotting-all-africa-games-trials-by-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Boycotting All Africa Games trials by athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>LENNICK WANYONYI<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After boycotting for a few hours the African Games trials to be hosted in Ghana by Kenya athletes at Nyayo stadium on Tuesday, athletes were coerced by top officers from the National Police Service, Kenya Defence Forces, and Kenya Prison to compete in the trials. <\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-26.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-26.png 770w, https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-26-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-26-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>They agreed since most of the athletes are from the discipline forces. The one athlete per event was directed to Athlete Kenya to choose only 30 athletes overall due to financial constraints that the organization is facing, though the government bowed to the pressure and agreed to the athletes&#8217; plead to increase the number of slots in events for the continental showpiece bringing an end to the standoff at Nyayo Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the athletes, in the Kenyan sports arena, athletics provide a lot of medals for the nation and they will not agree at any point to deny their chance of participation. After the resumption of the semi-final trials, Mary Moraa who is a Commonwealth 800 m champion clinched the win and she has hinted about participating in the 4*400 m relay if it will be available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;During the previous edition of the event in 2019, Kenya managed to send 61 athletes who represented the country well and jetted back with 20 medals (10 gold, 7 silver, and 3 bronze)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LENNICK WANYONYI After boycotting for a few hours the African Games trials to be hosted in Ghana by<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Boycotting All Africa Games trials by athletes - Tandao Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Athletes were coerced by top officers from the National Police Service, Kenya Defence Forces, and Kenya Prison to compete in the trials.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/2024\/03\/06\/boycotting-all-africa-games-trials-by-athletes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Boycotting All Africa Games trials by athletes - Tandao Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Athletes were coerced by top officers from the National Police Service, Kenya Defence Forces, and Kenya Prison to compete in the trials.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/2024\/03\/06\/boycotting-all-africa-games-trials-by-athletes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tandao Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-06T09:57:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-06T09:57:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-26.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"770\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"433\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Eugine Wabwile\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Eugine Wabwile\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/2024\/03\/06\/boycotting-all-africa-games-trials-by-athletes\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/2024\/03\/06\/boycotting-all-africa-games-trials-by-athletes\/\",\"name\":\"Boycotting All Africa Games trials by athletes - Tandao Media\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-06T09:57:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-06T09:57:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/#\/schema\/person\/8866db1e330312ab5b45702ab4509452\"},\"description\":\"Athletes were coerced by top officers from the National Police Service, Kenya Defence Forces, and Kenya Prison to compete in the trials.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/2024\/03\/06\/boycotting-all-africa-games-trials-by-athletes\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/2024\/03\/06\/boycotting-all-africa-games-trials-by-athletes\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/2024\/03\/06\/boycotting-all-africa-games-trials-by-athletes\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Boycotting All Africa Games trials by athletes\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/\",\"name\":\"Tandao Media\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/#\/schema\/person\/8866db1e330312ab5b45702ab4509452\",\"name\":\"Eugine Wabwile\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6017ead116d9b0d954d5fd66ad832db9168f586bcd4789ea5fd9e05c9f3011d2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6017ead116d9b0d954d5fd66ad832db9168f586bcd4789ea5fd9e05c9f3011d2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Eugine Wabwile\"},\"description\":\"Eugine Wabwile is a digital journalist and columnist for Tandao Media Group.Dedicated to illuminating the intricacies of politics and current affairs, I tailor compelling narratives that shed light on both global events and individual triumphs.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.tandaomedia.co.ke\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/author\/eugine\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Boycotting All Africa Games trials by athletes - Tandao Media","description":"Athletes were coerced by top officers from the National Police Service, Kenya Defence Forces, and Kenya Prison to compete in the trials.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/2024\/03\/06\/boycotting-all-africa-games-trials-by-athletes\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Boycotting All Africa Games trials by athletes - Tandao Media","og_description":"Athletes were coerced by top officers from the National Police Service, Kenya Defence Forces, and Kenya Prison to compete in the trials.","og_url":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/2024\/03\/06\/boycotting-all-africa-games-trials-by-athletes\/","og_site_name":"Tandao Media","article_published_time":"2024-03-06T09:57:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-03-06T09:57:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":770,"height":433,"url":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-26.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Eugine Wabwile","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Eugine Wabwile","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/2024\/03\/06\/boycotting-all-africa-games-trials-by-athletes\/","url":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/2024\/03\/06\/boycotting-all-africa-games-trials-by-athletes\/","name":"Boycotting All Africa Games trials by athletes - Tandao Media","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-03-06T09:57:32+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-06T09:57:35+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/#\/schema\/person\/8866db1e330312ab5b45702ab4509452"},"description":"Athletes were coerced by top officers from the National Police Service, Kenya Defence Forces, and Kenya Prison to compete in the trials.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/2024\/03\/06\/boycotting-all-africa-games-trials-by-athletes\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/2024\/03\/06\/boycotting-all-africa-games-trials-by-athletes\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/2024\/03\/06\/boycotting-all-africa-games-trials-by-athletes\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Boycotting All Africa Games trials by athletes"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/","name":"Tandao Media","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/#\/schema\/person\/8866db1e330312ab5b45702ab4509452","name":"Eugine Wabwile","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6017ead116d9b0d954d5fd66ad832db9168f586bcd4789ea5fd9e05c9f3011d2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6017ead116d9b0d954d5fd66ad832db9168f586bcd4789ea5fd9e05c9f3011d2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Eugine Wabwile"},"description":"Eugine Wabwile is a digital journalist and columnist for Tandao Media Group.Dedicated to illuminating the intricacies of politics and current affairs, I tailor compelling narratives that shed light on both global events and individual triumphs.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.tandaomedia.co.ke"],"url":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/author\/eugine\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-26.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2346"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2349,"href":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346\/revisions\/2349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}