More Drama for Kenya
Kenya had a uniform scare the day before the start of the World Cup with their uniforms being deemed sub-standard and not accepted by the FIVB. Luckily they got some new ones in a played their first match. Read more The Standard.
Panic gripped the Kenyan camp when the national volleyball team’s kit failed to pass the quality test during a preliminary enquiry at Hotel Concorde in Hamamatsu, Japan.
The East Africans were given 24 hours to present three new sets of 12 piece uniform each failure to which they lose their place at the Federation of International Volleyball (FIVB) World Cup starting Friday.
Officials led by team leader Martin Makokha contacted the Kenyan Embassy here for assistance.
Their prayers were answered after negotiations between the Embassy, officials of National Olympic Committee of Kenya (Nock) and Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) in Nairobi.
Kenyan officials who attended the meeting told Sportfest that a deal in which Nock would cater for the expenses incurred in purchasing of new uniforms at a Hamamatsu company had been sealed.
Some of the anomalies discovered on the Kenyan kit were sub-standard material used to manufacture them and the size of writings, including numbers and names, which failed to meet required standards.
Makokha said Kenya purchased the uniforms at the last minute after official suppliers, Nike, turned down a request from KVF to kit the team.
Nike told the federation that they could not kit the team just a few days after giving them high quality uniforms for the All Africa Games in Algeria last July.
The sports gear manufacturing company wanted the players to use the AAG uniforms in Japan.
But Makokha said the kit was inadequate because players exchanged jerseys with opponents at the end of some matches in Algeria.
November 2nd, 2007 at 11:52 am
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