The spotlight has turned to CS Ababu Namwamba who has been summoned to face Members of Parliament on today afternoon over his leadership at the ministry.
Namwamba, will appear before the plenary and is expected to explain the role of the Ministry in facilitating the Kenyan team that participated in the Special Olympics held in Berlin, Germany, in June 2023 as well as the Management of Aquatic Sports.
The committee on Sports, which is chaired by Webuye West MP Daniel Wanyama, had said it would summon the Cabinet Secretary to explain why he was not at the airport to welcome back home 25 sportspersons who participated in the Special Olympics.
”We will summon the Cabinet Secretary and the Principal Secretary to appear before the Committee. He will explain, in writing, why he was not in a position to receive these athletes who have given us a good name in the world,” said Wanyama.
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The 25 athletes, who participated in the 2023 Special Olympics games held from 15 to 25 June visited Parliament last week.
Barely one week after National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah made a scathing attack at the Sports Cabinet Secretary, National Assembly Deputy Speaker Gladys Shollei in an interview on Tuesday August 22 said that the CS has failed to discharge his duties as required.
Shollei revealed that she has on several occasions hosted a majority of athletes at her house in Kitusuru, Nairobi, where they shared their plight.’
”I have hosted them (athletes) for breakfast and lunch. They have told me about their challenges and horror stories of what happens to them. They fly economy while the ministry officials are flying business class and first class, sometimes they have a layover of 14 hours,” said Shollei.
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”The other day our team went to Tunisia for the beach games, they were wearing fake uniforms and shoes, knockoffs from River road. If you look at the team that went to Trinidad and Tobago, they were also wearing fake uniforms. It just tells you by the time a country reaches a point where our athletes are wearing fake uniforms, there is something wrong with the management of sports,” Shollei added.
Ababu Namwamba has yet to release a statement to defend himself and counter the allegations.
