Senator Cherargei Wants Sports CS Ababu Summoned Over Mismanagement of Athletes

Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei has backed the initiative to call Sports CS Ababu Namwamba before the National Assembly so that he may address allegations of improper treatment of Kenyan athletes.

He claimed that officials from the Ministry of Sports take “girlfriends” on trips in the place of the athletes.

“I echo [the] sentiments of Hon. Ichungwa Majority Leader National Assembly that CS Ababu continues to mismanage into oblivion our beloved sports. How can ministry officials fly first class with their girlfriends to Olympics Budapest, Hungary at the expense of our athletes?” he posed.

“Our female athletes being exploited sexually & economically! Parliament must summon CS sports to avert disastrous mismanagement of our sports!”

Last week, Ichung’wah expressed dissatisfaction with the ministry for ignoring Kenyan athletes who excel in overseas events.

The Kikuyu MP argued that it is shocking to see teams fly back into the country while no one from the ministry of sports bothers to welcome or honor them.

“You were made a minister to serve the people and if you are made the minister of sports you must serve sportsmen and women of our country and its indeed extremely sad that such good ambassadors can leave our country without due recognition by the ministry in charge of that responsibility,” he said.

“To make matters worse they go represent our country out there, they win, come back and not a single minister from the ministry and the minister himself has the decency to receive them at the airport or even to recognise the good work they have done for our country.”

Ichung’wah continued by saying that Namwamba traveled with “joyriders” who accompanied him abroad, although they lacked the necessary skills.

“The best representation we should see are those stadia are our ministers not carrying joyriders on trips abroad to accompany them and doing nothing,” he said.

“You can imagine the great feeling that we all feel when we see these athletes competing out there and winning medals for us. We all come together as Kenyans.”