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Sports PS annoys MPs over Sh2b academies delay

Sports PS Elijah Mwangi and Kenya Academy of Sports CEO Doreen Odhiambo appear before the National Assembly Sports and Culture Committee on November 25, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Sports Principle Secretary Elijah Mwangi is now in the cross hairs of MPs over what they term as the “sabotage” of the construction of Sh2 billion academies across 37 constituencies.

The National Assembly’s Sports committee yesterday criticised Mwangi’s decision to securitise Sh6 billion for the construction of select stadiums across the country at the expense of sports academies and other “more viable” projects.

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