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Over 80 companies named in Sh1.7 billion Sports Ministry scandal

Sports PS Kirimi Kaberia (left), Cabinet secretary Rashid Echesa (centre) and his predecessor Hassan Wario [COURTESY]

Close to half the money allocated by the Government to the Sports Ministry to cater for the IAAF Under-18 World Youth Championship in Nairobi last year went missing.

More than 80 companies are said to have received money from the Ministry, according to a report tabled in the National Assembly by Leader of Majority Aden Duale.

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