 It is the touch line here on Y-254. We are still hanging out with all the people who make sports matter here in the country and here on the touch line is where we get you to give that information. Joining us for the last interview for the touch line is Mr. Moses Mbudia, who is actually the beach volleyball federation of Kenya chairman, beach volleyball commission chairman here in the country. Mr. Mbudia, welcome to the touch line on Y-254. How are you doing? Thank you. I've already touched it. I think it's my second time here. I want to say here that you're doing very well. I understand you are coming from sending a team to Arusha that is supposed to compete at the Nyerere. Yesterday we had a very good meeting with the commander of GSU who was preparing his team to leave for Arusha where they are participating in a Julius Nyerere Memorial Tournament in Arusha, one of the northern circuits where we have a lot of tourism. And this morning we have just sent off the DCI team and the team manager and the coach. They are now leaving for Arusha. Remember it's a 4-5 hours drive and I think now they are near the border right now. So they are in for that tournament. Remember we have been off season purely because our team was in Netherland and that's why we have not seen a lot of activities take shape. But of course they have this Mita team going on in the dry and limit and volleyball is still flying. After the team that came from Netherland volleyball, the Malikia Strikas, what do you make of their performance? Well in a nutshell we must say that our girls did very well. I had a chance of meeting them at the airport and I was able to interview some of them one on one. Those were very tired because they had been out for three months in fallen land. I think we have consumed the fallen food and when they came back now they were looking like fallen us. But say it and done, they were able to play a number of fairly matches in Brazil, Zambia, not Zambia. And thereafter they went to Netherland, the land that they keep saying that God made up, but man made Netherland because the land is under sealable. So our girls didn't play quite well because maybe they were under sealable and they used to be above sealable. But say it and done, I think it was a very nice experience being the only two teams in Africa, Cameroon and Kenya. So we are now playing the game of the big boys. Though we didn't do very well, we can count ourselves among the class of the big girls if not big boys. The question will be the lessons the country picked from there. Experience they say is the best mother. And I think now these girls are more experienced. And out of that exposure, our two girls have already been picked one is going to play in Taki, that is Veronica Adiambo. And the captain that is the lady that I'm going to remember the name very soon. She's a household name. The lady, I'll give you the name, she has also bought a contract in a fallen land. And before the end of the show, I'll give you the name because it has just slipped on my hand. Sharon, you are already ahead of me. She has already picked up a major contract in Taki, but in the land of the Greek man. So we have quite a number of, had it not been for the participation of these young girls in that championship, would not have had them getting a chance to go and play professional volleyball outside Africa. It's still volleyball, but for you you also have another angle in volleyball because you are the chairman of the beach volleyball commission. Give us a brief background of beach volleyball in Kenya. In 2018, we've been able to revolutionize this game. And I want to thank my committee headed by myself and Mr. Moringa, who is also the coach of KPA, Mr. Owino, Madame Sally and Madame Routitch. We sat down and said, what do you want to achieve? And when we came out with our strategic plan, it has worked very well. One, we've been able to take silver medal in Africa. We were able to get the ticket to world champion, I mean not world champion, but first olympics. Our girls qualified for olympics. We were also able to get a world ticket to world championship where I took the girls in Italy room. And other than that, we participated in Africa in Nyerereka. Our girls just came the other day from Tanzania where they won a gold. And I want also to thank the girls because they have been able to follow our calendar to the letter. And they are also very disciplined. And this has made it possible. Other than that, we have been able to establish a number of beachcoats in the country. Yes. For example, in Yandaroa alone we have more than six beachcoats. I must thank the outgoing member of parliament, Daragua, that is Honorable Keoni, who was able to use a CDL to set up beachcoats in Daragua. Six of them. One in the Shouse secondary school, Yamata secondary school, Wango secondary school. I mean, I have said Daragua and also we have another one in Kangui. All of them, they are operational. And for your information, the team that made it to the nationals, that is Kambah High School, made it because the very many boys who were using the sun, they had already built some stamina and they were able to play this convection volleyball and they made it to the nationals. Other than Yandaroa, we have beachcoats in Bita, that is in Homa Bay. Homa Bay, yes. Them in Gode Island, we have them along the Electoria, that is in Fangano. And in what we call the Bita Hotel, a Bita Point Hotel owned by Wakiyaga, who was able to establish a number of beachcoats there. Mombasa. I just landed yesterday. Yes. And we opened another beachcoat in the southern part of Kilifi, just near the bridge of Mtuapa. Yes. There is the clique moving upward. And along there, there is a gentleman by the name Kariuki. Kariuki used to be the government spokesperson. In one of his private hotels, he has opened an area where we can set up a beachcoat. There are 1,001. Mr. Kibudakibuana did establish one in Makweni along the river Kaiti. Yes. In Tokana, with the help of Equethuro, we were able to set up a beachcoat in the shores of Tokana. Yes. We used to call it those days. It was like Rudolph. Yes. I was almost saying like Rudolph. So in a nutshell, we've been able to establish a number of boats. When we had a chance to go to Ita, we also realized that we've been using the long equipment, particularly the boat. Yes. We were advised by one gentleman who trains a beach volleyball in Italy by the name John Dungu. Dungu was able to take us to the sports stations there and we were able to get the right equipment. As we were talking, we were using the right equipment. As a matter of time, lady for Pali 2020. What I'm getting from you is that there's a bit of inclusion between the private sector and the schools because when you talk about in Daragua, there are 6 to 8 beach volleyball pitchers. There are 4 schools and you have talked about other private people coming in to build that. Is that the way forward on how to grow the gaming genre? The beach volleyball is more or less like a sports tourism and realize that the hotel industry taps a lot from this one. Just here in Paradise Rust, the owner of Paradise Rust has said he's going to establish a beachcoat and Tamarin Hotel said he does because that's where the boat originated. That time it was called Sprach. It was created to establish a beachcoat. In a nutshell, just to answer your question directly, this is a kind of work both private and public. In countries like Camoroco, we realize that we do not have private beaches. They are all owned by 190. So in this context now we are happy that the private owners and the public beaches few that we have are being used. I will give you another example of a Prideen Hotel which has really hosted our girls as they are preparing for both Birmingham, that is Commonwealth Games which I think when God willing we shall have an independent body that will man the Commonwealth Games which will make it better because the programs will be very many. Talking about the programs that are coming up, you also talked about the circuit that is supposed to be coming up. Tell us about that. We almost finished with our year 2022 circuit. We have one remaining because we are waiting for these girls from Netherlands. Bwana Mujinge and Bwana Wino sit down and drew a calendar. I want to say at this point in time we are also looking for sponsors and fortunately we were able to talk to DT Dobie and DT Dobie might be coming here on board to help us start of a beach circuit and I wish that any other person who has an opportunity like this one we have had cases of deep hits sponsoring a whole event. We have had a case of Ministry of Tourism sponsoring a whole event in Ikwari. So anybody willing because it's a good game that is attracting very many clientele and I don't want to say why but there is a reason. That's a very good one for you. But when we usually come when we are talking about money so here in the country it also comes in with the government angle and this time round the former seers is done now we are denomini for the sports ministry now is Ababu Namwamba denomini for sports. What is your take about Ababu coming in? Ababu Namwamba has one advantage. One is age. He has an age I'm not saying that some of us will hold to get more advantage. One time he was in that ministry just like your program here touch line he touched the ministry of sports and now he is back. I hope now he will not just touch it but he will work on some of the issues they are in. Take for example football is in the dual drum because we don't have federation. We cannot sign our young ones in Europe and name it and so I expect on his tray to check on how to streamline that area and have the federation back on track whether new one or the old one. Then swimming. Swimming again will pose if not dual drums. We expect swimming again to be put on track. We have badminton. Badminton has also been banned by the world body. All these federation should be put back on track and that should be his responsibility. I've just said he's a gentleman. One thing he's a lawyer. He understands all the chemistry in matters of sports policy because he participated in the establishment of the sports act and I think he would not like to see that sports act go to the drain yet he is one of the pioneers of that project. Talking about now, if you narrow in to beach volleyball what do you want from the government? I want the government to support these young ones, men and women of this country because as we are talking now we are number one in Africa. Men we are number six in Africa going by the qualification for Olympics and we should not get any position below what we have. If anything for the government they should go for negative one and for men they should go for position one. This can only happen if you have a number of activities taking place and the good thing is a team of two, team of four, team of six can be able to be sponsored with a very minimal expense so to speak and this will help us nurture these young ones. We also want to start from zero in terms of not transferring those who are in convection of volleyball into beach volleyball. We would like now primary school to take shape and I am also pleading with the ministry of education and particularly secondary school to bring in beach volleyball on boards and once this one is done I can tell you because the Kenya secondary school sports association has already slotted in the three on three basketball. Why should we not have a beach volleyball? Well we have two, three on three, they have three. So we should have started with two and that way we shall be able to say in 2024 or 2028 Olympics we have very many teams participating in Olympics. Talking of the journey to the 2024 Olympics how is the beach volleyball journey so far going? Unlike the other convection of volleyball where you have to win a continental championship in beach volleyball you start earning points now. We have what we call homorogated tours. Anytime you participate in a tournament you earn points and all these points are put together. That is how we earn ourselves a ticket to Rome, Italy because you are number three but we got a slot in a world championship because of what we have done in the past. So the future depends on sacrificing in the past. So we sacrifice in beach volleyball. We have to participate in all the championships for you to qualify for the Olympics for the world championship. Common words, name them. That's one of the best things that we have for you for Mr. Buddha bringing these talents here in the country. The question will be two players in a beach volleyball how do you pick the best of the best in beach volleyball? We use, I don't know how they did a bit of chemistry where you did a bit about decantation where you separate the best and come up with the best. You let them settle. So this one here you filter and get the best and it is through that because we don't believe in corruption that you use the table to get the best person in terms of points. Then you select without any corruption whatsoever. That way you sleep happy because there exists a supernatural haiku of conscience when you sleep knowing very well that you have put a player A because you are a friend then you don't sleep happy. Before you talk about your final word I want to know the teams that you have sent to Arusha, the teams that are in Bita and everything, what do you expect from them? Well, I did mention that apart from Bita and Arusha, we also have we lost a referee, one of the top referees in just concluded Legli at Nyao Stadium. The gentleman was going home and he was hit by a motorbike and we just buried him the other day that is Mr. Watera. We have a tournament in memory of Watera that will be at JKWAT and later one in Moranga. So all these activities are geared towards promoting volleyball and I hope the future men will come on board and help this one too. We also expect to have a major event in Nairobi where we have a clinic for the coaches Beach Volleyball and also the league Sablon starting off hopefully that we used to have a sponsorship by the Johnson & Johnson and we were negotiating and getting that sponsorship back and that way we shall be able to have everybody engaged as we also wait for the exam for those young ones who are in for for. The question now finally is your final word here on the touchlet. If you are out there young or old, play Beach Volleyball and you will go places. That's what I can tell you that this is the game of the future where everybody participates old, young and name them because you also go to the beaches play Beach Volleyball. Thanks a lot Mr. Budhia for making it here on the touchlet and we have been talking to the chairman of the Kenya Beach Volleyball Commission Mr. Moses in Budhia here in studio I'm Robert Osoro for everyone who has made this broadcast a success and we are reviewing here on the touchlet Android 254