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The former Kenya Sevens player has trained his guns on the National Olympics Committee over Kenya’s delegation to Paris 2024 Olympics amid fears of joyriders in the trip.
Former Kenya Sevens star Dennis Ombachi has not relented in his quest to see a list of Kenya’s non-competitive delegation to the Paris Olympics even after the dismissal of Cabinet.
Ombachi had been among those who sustained pressure on former Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba to release a list of the government delegation to the Olympics in a bid to check if they are joyriders.
With Namwamba gone, Ombachi has now turned the heat on the National Olympics Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) who he has urged to publish its non-competitive delegation and the allowances they will earn in Paris in comparison to the athletes.
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12:04 - 11.07.2024
Namwamba throws the ball to NOC-K over Paris Olympics delegation & ceremonial kit queries
Sports CS Ababu Namwamba has requested the National Olympics Committee of Kenya to make public the list of Kenya’s Paris Olympics delegation following pressure from Kenyans.
“@OlympicsKe we demand the list of your delegation to the Olympics and their budgetary allocations,” he posted on X.
“At the Tokyo Olympic Games, officials were being paid twice the amount of allowances allocated to athletes and we hear that amount has more than tripled for Paris Olympics.
“@OlympicsKe @athletics_kenya publish your list of all officials to the Paris games and their budgetary allocations, we are tired and athletes have said enough is enough with old boomers at the helm of federations who don’t represent the interest of athletes, but filling their pockets and stomachs through budgeted corruption.”
The issue of the non-competitive delegation has generated interest among Kenyans amid ongoing protests over the leadership and government of President William Ruto and a section of Kenyans had even threatened to take legal action against Namwamba if he did not publish the list in seven days.
The former CS had, however, thrown the ball in NOC-K’s court, asking them to publish the list as demanded by Kenyans, and it remains to be seen if the ongoing push will yield results.
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