The government will undertake a number of programs to promote sports development as
a source of employment for the youth. These will include:
- Establishment of a National Lottery Scheme to fund and support professionalization of local sporting leagues across the major sporting disciplines;
- Facilitation and encouragement of better management of sports;
- Professionalization of sports through introduction of professional coaches in schools;
- Establishment of facilities for five sports (football, swimming, basketball, netball volleyball) in each of the County Youth Development Centre of Excellence;
- Building five new national sports stadia in Kisumu, Mombasa, Nakuru, Eldoret and Garissa;
- Existing sporting facilities at the County level to accommodate swimming, tennis, basketball and rugby will be upgraded;
- Support will be given to the Kenya Motorsport Federation to ensure Kenya gets back the Safari Rally in the World Rally Championships calendar;
- Establish a network of national academies for young people each one specializing in a particular sport; and
- Building capacity to facilitate a bid to host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2019 World Athletics Championships.
