The 14th edition of the marathon is scheduled for May 20 at a tune of Rwf73 million, reflecting a decrease by Rwf17 million from the last year’s spending.
According to Jean-Pierre Ndacyayisenga, the technical director of the Rwanda Athletics Federation (RAF), over 8,000 athletes including amateurs and professionals are expected to participate in this year’s marathon.
The participants will either compete in full marathon in a 42.195km distance or run for fun in 10km.
During the launch of the registration that took place at Kigali Cultural Village, the local athletics governing body’s representative, Fidèle Mubirigi highlighted the progress made in preparations and success the marathon has registered over the past years.
During the ceremony, the roadmap of preparations and registration for local, regional and international participants, as well as courses of the two categories of competitions, run for fun and full-marathon races was successfully unveiled.
“In the past years, MTN Rwanda was our main supporter, other sponsors were not big enough, but now we are very excited about this year’s edition because we have been graced with some of the biggest sponsors in our country like Skol, RwandAir, BK and other sponsors. It is a great move for us because it will facilitate us in launching the best Kigali International Peace Marathon ever seen,” Mubirigi said.
Alain Numa, the Sponsorship and Promotion Coordinator at MTN Rwanda, expressed gladness for the new sponsors, saying that MTN Group is ready to work hand in hand with other sponsors to support the Kigali International Peace Marathon.
“This will be our fourth year supporting Kigali International Peace Marathon. Although we are investors, we also try to support the government in all ways possible. It is also a way to use sports in fostering good relations between countries,” he said.
Participants register with the payment of Rwf2000 via MTN line using the code *182*3*505050*2000#, or by visiting the nearest MTN branch.
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