
The Cabinet Secretary for Sports Amina Mohamed has said that matters of sport resumption are in the hands of the Ministry of Health.
On March 26, President Uhuru Kenyatta suspended all sporting activities in the country following the spike in the number of coronavirus infections.
.CS Mohamed has now stated the health docket will give direction on when it would be safe enough to let sports activities resume in the country.
"We will always look at the numbers and the trend of the pandemic and how the virus will behave in our country. We will have a talk with my colleague in the Ministry of Health to see what will happen," said.
"The numbers seem to be stabilising but it is still too high and we will look upon the Ministry of Health for guidance and leadership. They will tell us when they think it is safe to gradually open up on matters sports."
Several sports federations have rolled out vaccination campaigns for their respective personalities in a bid to ensure that those involved are safe in line to the laid out guidelines.
Last week, the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) conducted the vaccination of Premier League and the Harambee Starlets players in anticipation of the possible resumption soon.
The national women's team players were vaccinated as they have a planned friendly encounter against Zambia's Copper Queens on April 24. The vaccination is expected to be rolled across the country in order for every league participating players to get the jabs.
Athletes preparing for the Tokyo Olympics have however been allowed to continue training in their bubble camp at the Moi Sports Centre Kasarani.
“The Olympic athletes will continue training at their bubble camp and will not be allowed to leave until the Olympics. We have agreed with NOCK that there will be testing every so often, maybe once a week to ensure that everyone is negative,” Amina added.