Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah delivered an acrid rebuke to Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba and the Ministry of Sports for the ministry’s glaring neglect of Kenyan athletes while they traveled to represent the nation on the global stage. In a forceful address, Ichung’wah expressed his remorse to the Kenyan sports fraternity for the apparent inadequacies and disservice of athletes by officials from the Sports ministry. Addressing the National Assembly, Ichung’wah did not mince his words: “If you are the Minister of Sports, you must serve our country’s sportswomen and men,” Ichung’wah said.
The Youth Affairs, Sports and Arts CS was responding to questions raised by Leader of Majority in the National Assembly Kimani Ichung’wah, who queried about the ministry’s role in facilitating the team’s travel and accommodation, as well as why the team was not flagged off by the CS or a representative from the ministry.
“You were not made a minister in this country to fly flags in the streets and push and bulldoze your way through traffic with Subaru escorts. You were made a minister to serve the people. And if you were made the minister of Sports, you must serve the sportsmen and women of our country,” Ichung’wah said.
To which Namwamba responded that he was not in town when the team left for Germany, but that they were fully facilitated.
