Michael Rabar has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer for the 2020 IAAF World Under-20 Championships’ Local Organising Committee (LOC).
The championship is set to be staged at the Kasarani Stadium between July 7 and 12.
The appointment of the former Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) director was confirmed by former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa in a Kenya Gazette notice dated March 1.
Echesa was relieved of his responsibilities by President Uhuru Kenyatta in a mini Cabinet reshuffle on Friday.
Rabar will be deputised by Mary Mwaki while Athletics Kenya president Jackson Tuwei will chair the Local LOC. AK Nairobi Branch chairman Barnaba Korir has been appointed Director of Ticket Operations and Knowledge Management.
Journalists Michael Okinyi is the Director for Media, Broadcasting and Communication and will be deputised by his boss at Sports Journalist Association of Kenya (SJAK), Chris Mbaisi who is also the Sports Editor-The Star.
LOC Secretariat:
Chairman – Lt. Gen (retired) Jackson Tuwei
Chief Executive Officer – Michael Agwingi Rabar
Assistant, Chief Executive Officer – Mary Mwaki
Chief Operations Officer – Regina Gachora
Director of Ticket Operations and Knowledge Management – Barnabas Korir
Assistant Director of Ticket Operations and Knowledge
Management – Maxwell Nyamu
Director, Finance and Administration – Farrah Kasim
Assistant Director, Finance and Administration – David Miano
Director, Legal – Emmanuel K. Gichohi
– Assistant Director, Legal – Christine Mangwana
Director of ICT – Gatwiri Kinya
Assistant Director, ICT – Hesbon Malwenyi
Director, Security and Accreditation – Joseph Kiget
Assistant Director, Security and accreditation – Joseph Chirchir
Director, Protocol – Colonel Matigo Marwanga
Assistant Director, Protocol – Susan Kamau
Director, Technical and Competition – Ibrahim Hussein
Assistant Director, Technical and Competition – Paul Mutwii
Director, Marketing and Commercial – Zaheeda Suleiman
Assistant Director, Marketing and Commercial – Robert
Nyanga’aya
Director, Media, Broadcasting and Communication – Michael
Okinyi
