NOC-K inaugurates working groups for 2022-2024 season
By edwin-otieno, March 3, 2022
The National Olympics Committee of Kenya (NOCK) yesterday launched its 2022-2024 commissions.
Commissions are working groups operating to ensure the policies and strategies set by the executive board are achieved and are currently working to deliver the legacy plan mandate the board is working towards.
The launch of the working committees, held at PrideInn Hotel, in Westlands, Nairobi was presided over by the second deputy president Waithaka Kioni who read out NOC-K president Paul Tergat’s speech.
“In order to accomplish this ambitious dream, the executive and the secretariat require the input and collaboration from other stakeholders beyond our walls. We want to tap and exploit the incredible knowledge and experiences from citizens of this country who want to make a difference in our sports and the Olympic Movement, that is why you were all precisely chosen.”
Tergat congratulated the members from a solid position of confidence and pride.
He also spoke on the individual and collective diversity of profiles that each member of commission brings in adding quality and value to the Committee’s service delivery.
The NOC-K Secretary-General Francis Mutuku took the Commissions through the terms of reference, pointing out the three challenges the executive board is throwing at them – Transformation, Impact and Legacy.
“The board is challenging you to leave a footprint in sports in the year 2022-2024. The key thing is to always remember that the athlete is at the centre of everything. Look towards leaving a legacy that goes beyond this term.”
Mutuku also explained that 65 percent of the nominations was done by the federations while 35 percent was done by the secretariat and the executive board having tapped into their expertise and technical knowledge and experiences to help us deliver on the expectations of athletes and sports fraternity.
The Commissions were also updated on the NOC-K strategic plan with key performance areas exerting influence on their groups such as elite athlete development, Organisation sustainability and capacity development.
There are nine NOC-K commissions – Strategy and Performance; Elite Athlete Performance; Gender; . Marketing; Medical; NOC-K Institute; Sports and Active Society; Sports and Sustainability; Youth.