Unbundling the Kenyan Sports Act, role, challenges and opportunities in the kenyan sports Act 2013.
Abstract
The Kenya National Assembly enacted the Sports Act 2013 after many years of suggestions, deliberations
and proposals over the making of such a law. The Sports legislation is an Act of Parliament to
harness sports for development, encourage and promote drug-free sports and recreation, to provide for
the establishment of sports institutions, facilities, administration and management of sports in the country,
and for connected purposes. This law has come up with various institutions namely Sports Kenya,
National Sports Fund and Kenya Academy of Sports. It also provides for Financial Provisions, procedures
for registration and regulation of sports and licensing, arbitration of Sports disputes and miscellaneous
provisions. Furthermore, the Act has four schedules namely sports facilities to which the Act
applies, matters to be provided for in the constitutions of sports Organizations, the conduct of business
and affairs of the board of the authority, board of trustees and council of the institute and transitional
provisions. As much as the Act is very progressive in the domain of sports in Kenya and the entire East
African region because it legitimizes institutions, provide for arbitration mechanisms and recognize research
as a core aspect in sports, it has introduced a number of challenges to the sports fraternity. Among
these include aligning the constitutions of various Sports associations to the Act and undergoing the new
vigorous process of registering, regulating and licensing sports agencies. Sports professionals therefore
need to update with the new Sports Act to retain relevance in their profession and warrant them professional
growth. Therefore, it was deemed relevant to enlighten the practitioners of this new development
and seek for ways to upgrade their administrative strength and correct any inconsistency in this law
through amendments to the Act.
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