Nock President Paul Tergat.[Photo/Nation]
A sports federations governance seminar was held over the weekend in Nairobi.
Nock president Paul Tergat stated that the seminar was the first step in an effort to enhance consultations in the running of the association for the better of sport onwards.
The seminar majorly focused on integrity, accountability, competence, duality and autonomy and was presided over by the National Olympic of Uganda secretary general Donald Rukare and it brought together Kenyan national federations.
“We have realised that governance can make or break an institution,” said Tergat.
“Where there is a bad governance structure, definitely the institution will fail.”
Tergat stated that they will make sure that by the end of their term, they will have inculcated the culture of accountability in federations so as to ensure that they have given the country’s sportsmen and women the best service.
“As managers and leaders, we want to make sure that there is openness in everything we do unlike in the past. Even at the international level, accountability is crucial since we have to account for everything we get in terms of money,” he observed.
Tergat put across that most of the issues deliberated on during the seminar will be institutionalized and many more are on the way.