{"id":8344,"date":"2026-01-23T14:33:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T14:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/?p=8344"},"modified":"2026-01-24T15:47:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T15:47:29","slug":"malkia-strikers-receive-massive-boost-of-us-100000-from-i-o-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/2026\/01\/23\/malkia-strikers-receive-massive-boost-of-us-100000-from-i-o-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Malkia Strikers receive massive boost of US $100,000 from I.O.C"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000587426-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000587426-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000587426-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000587426-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000587426-1024x1365.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000587426.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kenya Volleyball Association(KVA) first Deputy President Paul Bitok addresses the media after receiving a massive cheque of US $ 100,000 (Approx.13 million ) scholarship from 1.O.C solidarity fund towards the teams preparations.The team is shaping up ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Malkia Strikers receive massive boost of US $100,000 from I.O.C<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Fred Maingi<br>Malkia Strikers-the Kenya National volleyball team got a major boost in their preparations for the forthcoming Africa Cup of Nations tournament after receiving a massive cheque of US $ 100,000( Approximately 13m scholarship from the International Olympic committee(IOC) solidarity fund .<br>The sponsorship comes at a time Kenya is celebrating it&#8217;s 19th position in the world Ranking .<br>Currently the National team is the highest Africa ranked team in 21st place globally with 158.49 points followed by Cameroon in 45th place with 76.72 pts.Egypt are third with 46.<br>O9 pts in Africa .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul Bitok who is the first deputy president of the Kenya Volleyball Federation(KVA) lauded the IOC and the Government for facilitating the teams training and travelling logistics.<br>Receiving the cheque at the Nyayo Basketball court,Bitok thanked John Ogolla,the secretary of the National Olympic committee of Kenya and the Government<br>for the sponsorship.<br>&#8220;We are delighted with the handsome sponsorship which will help us in our preparation, purchasing of our Air tickets and other logistics&#8221; he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malkia Strikers coach Geoffrey Omondi said with the Government support and good preparations from NOC-K,the teams future looks very bright.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenya Volleyball Association(KVA) first Deputy President Paul Bitok addresses the media after receiving a massive&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8344"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8348,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8344\/revisions\/8348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}