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Nairobi , March 10 , 2011

Cabinet media brief

The Cabinet today approved the Sports Bill 2010 which will pave the way for the setting up of the Sports Development Authority.

The authority that will be charged with the responsibility of regulating sports organizations in the country will support development of sports in the country by;

1. Creating a Sports Trust fund that will be funded through among other sources, the National Sports Lottery.
2. Formation of the Kenya Sports Institute.
3. Incorporating the Sports Stadia Management Board.

The Sports Development Authority will operate autonomously under the direction of a board of directors.

Meeting under the Chairmanship of President Mwai Kibaki at State House Nairobi, the Cabinet also approved the New Co-operative Development Policy and Sessional Paper for presentation to Parliament.

The new policy is intended to place the co-operative movement on a modern and sustainable development path. The policy addresses the challenges that face the movement and spells out the strategy for aligning it with the country's Vision 2030.

It seeks to re-engineer the movement as a model for rapid economic development with emphasis on creating an enabling policy development for rapid and sustainable expansion of co-operatives in the country.
It also aims at enhancing the co-operative regulatory and oversight framework to be in tune with the demands of a modern and dynamic economy.

Today's cabinet meeting also resolved to re-locate the proposed Nairobi Fresh Produce Wholesale market from the land initially hived off at Kasarani.
The market will now be re-located to a new site to be identified by the Ministries of Local Government, Lands and Nairobi Metropolitan. The current proposed site at Kasarani was found to be inappropriate because of the planned expansion of sporting facilities at Kasarani Sports Complex.

The Cabinet also approved the request for the establishment of regional headquarters of the Duke of Edinburgh International Award Association in Nairobi.