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By OKELLO ALLAN
NAIROBI, KENYA- SHIFTMEDIA- A new rift is brewing once again between East African neighbouring states Kenya and Tanzania regarding Coronavirus issues.
Kenyan has announced that its athletes will not attend a major marathon in Tanzania because of concerns about the coronavirus.
Kenya’s athletics body made the pronouncement on Wednesday, just three days into the event that attracts over 9,000 runners. Organised by the Kilimanjaro Marathon Company and World Frontiers, the race will be going for its 19th year.
Dubbed the “People’s Race’, Mbio Ya Watu, the Marathon behind the chilly hills of Kilimanjaro mountains kicks off this Sunday, February 28 2021.
But not all is rosy for Kenyans intending to take part in the race. Kenya’s Athletics body said in a statement: Due to the global outbreak and spread of COVID-19, Athletics Kenya will not be issuing authorization for athletes’ participation at the 2021 Kilimanjaro Marathon to be held in Tanzania on 28th February 2020.”
AK warned athletes “not to travel to Tanzania for the event.” though organizers in Tanzania set up preventive measures for the race.
“We would like to appeal to our runners to please take the necessary precautions in terms of socially distancing norms and to wear the approved Personal Protective Equipment/Masks when starting, participating and finishing in their respective events,” the marathon said in a statement.
“We will be ‘seeding’ runners based on their honest input of their running times to allow for a staggered socially distanced start in all 3 races, so we appeal to all participants to indicate clearly on their entry application which seeding batch they would be most suitable for — elite/fast/medium/slow,” it said in explaining how social distancing will be achieved.
But nations across the world are not convinced by the measures as the East African nation is among a few countries not to share publicly coronavirus infections.
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli previously urged citizens not to observe internationally-recognized measures to curb the spread of the disease.
Tanzania ceased publicising covid 19 statistics way back in April last year despite warnings from the World Health Organisation to release daily updates on regarding the virus.
The winner for the full marathon will walk away with a cash prize of TZ Shs4.1 million (USD1,768) Ugx 6.4m, while the Half Marathon winners will get Tzshs 2.1 m(US 905) Ugx3.3m.
ALL PRIZE-WINNING FINISHERS WILL HAVE PRIZE MONEY WITHHELD UNTIL THEIR STATUS AND IDENTITY HAS BEEN VERIFIED AGAINST THE “BANNED ATHLETES LIST” AND/OR DOPE TEST RESULTS OBTAINED. ALL ELITE ATHLETES WILL NEED PERMISSION FROM THEIR COACH AND COUNTRY ASSOCIATION TO COMPETE IN THE KILIMANJARO MARATHON AND HALF MARATHON.
