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KENYA THANKS FIVB FOR SUPPORTING THE COUNTRY
AND AFRICAN CONTINENT
World
volleyball governing body FIVB has pledged
its continued support to Kenya and African
continent as a whole.
Addressing the biggest sports press
conference ever seen in Kenya at a
Nairobi hotel on Monday, CAVB President Dr
Amri Elwani said FIVB under the wise
leadership of DrRubenAcosta has given great
support to Kenya and the African continent
and it would continue to do so.
"Kenya as a country has benefited greatly
from support from the FIVB and I wish to
state here that Dr Acosta will continue
ensuring that our continent get support from
FIVB so as to raise the standards of the
game on the continent," said Dr Elwani who
was accompanied to Nairobi by the CAVB Press
Officer, Dr. Tarek Al-Adwar.While
congratulating Kenya women national
volleyball team for qualifying to represent
Africa at next year's World Championships in
Japan and their recent victory in the
African Cup of Nations which will see the
team participate in 2007 World Cup in Italy,
Dr Elwani called on the team to work hard.
"Africa is
very proud of Kenya as a country and that is
why Dr Acosta and his team in CAVB has been
giving support to Kenya and other countries
in Africa," said Dr Elwani who was flanked
at the press conference by Kenya National
Sports Council Chairman, Joshua Okuthe.
He revealed that FIVB has given Kenya and
other countries in Africa both technical and
material support and called on the local
media to support their country, their team,
FIVB, their federation and CAVB. "It has
taken FIVB, CAVB and KVF many years to mould
and build such a great team and the media
should not destroy that work by reporting
negatively. You don'tchop the hand that
feeds you," said the CAVB President. Dr
Elwani commended KVF Press Officer Jack
Kwemba who was present for doing a good job
and advised KVF Secretary General Jacob
owiti and members of his National Executive
Committee to ensure that the KVF Press
Officer gets all the necessary information
which he can pass over to the
media. "Journalists are professionals who
speak the same language so for the sake of
accuracy and correct reporting KVF must
ensure that they use the Press Officer to
pass information to the media since he is
the federation's link with the media and the
outside world," Dr Elwani said. The CAVB
President said apart from giving technical
and material support, FIVB supports teams to
international tournaments like World Cup and
World Championships by giving air tickets,
accommodations and balls. The Kenya National
Sports Council Chairman, Joshua Okuthe who
is the advisor to the sports minister on
sports matters thanked FIVB and CAVB for the
support they have given Kenya. "Kenya as a
country is very thankful to FIVB
particularly Dr Acosta for his tireless
efforts in seeing into it that volleyball in
Kenya and Africa develops. As a government
we shall work closely with both FIVB and
CAVB for the sake of our beautiful game of
volleyball," said Okuthe. KVF Secretary
General Jacob Owiti who was
 accompanied
by his able deputy Maina Chelogoi, KVF Press
Officer Jack Kwemba, KVF vice President
Madam Grace Minja, National Treasurer
Kenneth Tonui, head of marketing Peter
Kegode, National Sports Organising Secretary
Walter Otieno and committee member Paul
Nzuki said they have got a lot of support
from FIVB. "As a federation I wish to assure
Kenyans and especially the media that FIVB
has given us a lot of technical and material
support which has helped develop volleyball
in the country, said Owiti.He said KVF was
very loyal to FIVB President Dr Acosta and
CAVB President Dr Elwani who have both
worked hard to bring the standard of
volleyball in Kenya and Africa to where it
is today. The hard working KVF Secretary
General who is due to attend the CAVB
Congress in Cairo along with Walter Otieno
pointed out that KVF has received balls,
computer, fax machine and photocopier from
FIVB which has helped the federation run its
activities. "FIVB has also brought coaching
courses to Kenya and the recent VIS course
held in Nairobi is all part of the support
we have received from FIVB and as
afederation we are very grateful," Owiti
said. Owiti said Kenya was part of the
united volleyball family and they would not
like to be isolated. "As a federation we are
appealing to the media to support our team,
FIVB, CAVB and our federation by
reportingaccurately and positively," said
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