Stakeholders in Embu County have decried the poor leadership and lack of finances to the sports department that has greatly affected the growth of talents.
The Chair Athletics Kenya Stephen Njeru said young people joining the sporting activities have always found it rough.
He appealed to the new governments at the National and county level to appoint technical people at the sports dockets
Njeru noted that the biggest challenge comes political appointees who know nothing about sports are put to head sports dockets.
He further added that there was need to Chanel more funding to athletics adding that other sports activities received more funding.
Ms President Kenya Embu County participant Frida Karani noted that Athletics had been neglected.
She observed that her vision was to make Embu County shine in sports diplomacy.
Athletes who spoke at the training camp at the University of Embu grounds decried their suffering for lack of training sporting material.