Kenya came 19th in the recently concluded Tokyo 2020 Olympics winning four gold medals and four silver medals plus two bronze medals. On the African continent; Kenya came first followed by team Uganda with only four medals; two of these were gold, one silver and one bronze
Today the president of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta has announced cash rewards to the Olympic medalists. The gold medalists are to receive a cash reward of one million Kenya shillings; (close to $9200), the silver medalists were rewarded with 750,000 ($6900) Kenya shillings while the bronze medalists were rewarded with Kenya shillings 500,000 ($4600)