SPORTS Minister Elvis Nkandu has urged sports associations to take a proactive role in managing sports, as the government depends on them to achieve medal targets. In an interview with Goal Digger, Thursday, Nkandu challenged federations to be more proactive and ensure they went flat out in identifying new talent countrywide. Nkandu said the government was confident of surpassing the 306 medal tally reaped last year by sports associations. “Looking at what we have done so far, we are on course towards reaching the targeted medals. It is important to note that we are not having the Region Five Games this year, where we usually reap a lot of medals. We managed 306 medals last year, but there is a...

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