Government Unclear on Funding 12th Mombasa Open Tong IL-Moo-Do International Championship
By The COAST Correspondent
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The uncertainty to fund the 12th Mombasa Open Tong IL-Moo-Do International Martial Arts Championship 2024 is threatening the credibility of Kenya’s image in hosting the event.
With the failure to host the championships in August 2024, already some players from foreign countries have started coming for the December 11 to 24th, 2024 games.
However, the uncertainty to fund the 2024 championship a day to the official start may hinder the 35 countries that have declared interest from turning up for the event.
On the championship, the Kenya Tong-IL- Moo-Do Federation chairman Clarence Mwakio Ingalwa said he was optimistic that the youth, creative economy and sports cabinet secretary Kipchumba Murkomen and his principal secretary Tum would unlock the funding challenge that has faced the organisation of the international event.
He said on Wednesday (December 11, 2024) he would visit the offices to get a way forward on the government commitment towards this championship.
“We have done what is necessary to seek government support, but the truth is funds have not been availed to continue with the preparation for the main event,” he said.
The event which has successfully been hosted in Kenya for the last 11 years is facing a possible ban and total withdrawal in the World Tong-IL Moo-Do Federation major international championship calendar events. For it to be awarded to another city, amongst WTMF member states, is in waiting.
The cancellation shall affect the future of many young Kenyan Tong-IL Moo-Do practitioners whose future in the sport has been filled with uncertainty since 2022.
Apart from withdrawal of the rights to host the Mombasa Open Tong-IL Moo-Do International Martial Arts Championship, Kenya shall definitely be slapped with a ban and hefty fines by the World Tong-IL Moo-Do Federation Governing Council should it fail to host this event in 2024.
