@masukuma can you confirm that - kumbe naks ilikuwa tu kelele, and I thought that was the home of rugby.

@murchr

Parliament is not needed. The sports act was passed as far back as 2012 already mandates the creation of a sports lottery yet no such thing has happened.

The sports act itself was mooted in the late 1990s. Finally in 2012, Minister Namwamba pushed it through parliament and it was passed after other sports ministers had done nothing.

Now it has been passed and the sports minister is doing nothing to implement it.

I give credit to Namwamba and Mutua in Machakos for taking initiative. The Kisumu governor is useless in this regard. The stadium was built in large part due to funding from FIFA. The Kisumu governor only reacted to political pressure. And that stadium is still incomplete.

There is established a Board of trustees of the Fund to be known as the National Sports Fund Board of Trustees, which shall consist of—
(a) a chairperson, who shall be a person knowledgeable in finance, commerce or sports, appointed by the President;

Ministry of Sports Arts and Culture has unveiled a 14-member National Sports Fund board of trustees.

The board will be chaired by Sam Kairu and has members drawn from various sports entities including Agnes Mandu, (ministry of sports), Francis Okwaro (Kenya Golf Union), Fridah Shiroya (NOC-K), Nderitu Gikaria (Sports Council), Catherine Ndereba (NOC-K), Gupreet Singh (Shooting Federation) and Adan Omar (Kenya Volleyball Federation).

Others are Sports PS Richard Ekai, PS Finance Kamau Thugge Attorney General Githu Muigai, Director General Sports Kenya Maina Kamau (acting), CEO Sports Academy Stephen Karinga (acting) and the yet to be recruited secretary of the Sports Disputes Tribunal.

The National Sports Fund is one of the major pillars of sports development established by the Sports Act 2013. Others are Sports Kenya, Sports Academy and the Disputes Tribunal.

While unveiling the board on behalf of Sports minister Hassan Wario, who gave the event a wild berth despite keeping the gathering waiting for more than an hour, Ekai said they are anticipating to inject at least Sh500m into the sports budget annually.

Ekai said the Board of Trustees will be mandated to manage, control and administer the assets of the fund; enter into contracts on behalf of Sport Lottery Fund, raise funds through sports lotteries and investments and disburse the funds and make recommendations relating to financial grants to sports federations.

@murchr
That board you mentioned has accomplished exactly nothing since it was established almost a year ago.
The sports act was passed in 2012 and so far nothing useful has been accomplished.

You are wrong when you say sportsmen are waiting for the govt to do everything. In fact they are succeeding with little or no government support.

Thats the point Mathenge is making in his tweet.

Of course... There were 3 teams outside Nairobi. Nakuru RFC, Kisumu RFC and Mombasa RFC. These teams go back as long time back. Nakuru RFC is a very old club. Kisumu used to play ESS While Mombasa was a good team that produced some national team players like Aswani the flyhalf. That being said the politics of rugby were and still are quins politics. Ngong road has run rugby for years. Even Muthee (a mwamba guy) didn't fit in.

Mombasa yes,but Ksm and Nakuru were not in the league in the 1990s.
They were select sides that participated in the festivals.