Jasiri coach Ingalwa confident of retaining Tong-IL Moo-Do Title

Kenya Tong-IL Moo-Do national team coach Ibrahim Ingalwa is confident of retaining the Mombasa Open International Tong-IL Moo-Do Championship title, despite the financial setbacks they have faced in their preparations.

The coach was impressed with the good results team Jasiri posted on the opening day of the Championship, clinching eight gold, eight silver and 12 bronze medals at the Aga Khan Academy.

“We are doing all we can to make sure we retain this title despite the challenges our team has faced during preparations due to lack of funding from the government. We however love the sport and we also want to do it for the country,” said Ingalwa.

His sentiments were echoed by the president of the federation Clarence Mwakio, who also pleaded with the Government to intervene and fund the team.

“Despite the many challenges we were able to start the tournament. The preparations have not been easy due to lack of financial support from the government but we believe this matter will be adressed. We hope that before we finish this championship on Tuesday we will have all the funds required to make this event a success,” said Mwakio.

The federation wonders why the funds have not been released despite following all the application rules and procedures required.

“We applied to the government last year as required. The international delegates are here but unfortunately the larger part of international judges and officials are not here because we could not facilitate them to come,” Mwakio noted.

Team Kenya, popularly known as Jasiri, made a good start in the Championship by bagging 28 medals during the first day of action at Aga Khan Academy in Mombasa.