African Games National trials have failed to commence as scheduled in Nyayo Stadium after athletes staged a protest demanding inclusion of more athletes in the competition.
The National Sports Council of Kenya announced that only one qualification spot will be available for the various disciplines which has angered the athletes.
The athletes are insisting that three best placed finishers be picked in each category of competition to offer as many opportunities as possible to the upcoming ones among them.
Speaking at the same time, Kenya National Sports Council (KNSC) Andrew Mudibo asked the athletes to draft a petition with their demands and present them to AK.
Athletics Kenya (AK) had on Thursday last week said it would only be picking one athlete per category to represent Kenya at the 13th edition of the games.
AK vice president Paul Mutwii said this had been occasioned by the fact that athletics had only been allotted 30 slots in Team Kenya’s contingent to Accra.
This raised concerns that Kenya will return its lowest ever medal tally from the games although AK treasurer David Miano insisted they would select a team full of medal prospects.