THE inaugural Deaf All Africa Games earlier scheduled for April 14-26 in Nairobi has been postponed to August 6-13.
Local Organizing Committee made the decision after realization that only two countries confirmed their participation. Besides, LOC is yet to raise money to run the show hence the Kenya Deaf Sports Federation have no cash to adequately prepare Team Kenya.
“Due to the unavailability of funds and fewer than expected teams enrolling for the championship, we have been forced to postponed the games,” said KDSF president Peter Kalae,who is also the president of Confederation of Africa Deaf Sports.
LOC’s chief executive officer Charles Nyaberi reiterated Kalae’s sentiments saying: “Some decisions are hard to make, but it is the logical one.”
Ghana and Sierra Leone are the only countries to have confirmed. Ghana have confirmed their men’s volleyball and, fulsal for both genders, while Sierra Leone had confirmed teams in various discipline. The LOC has a budget of Sh94m to run the continental deaf sports bonanza.
