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House asks Government to honour Sh50 million pledge

Michael Olunga (R) of Kenya challenges Antene Tesfaka (L) and Ashalew Tamene of Ethiopia during their AFCON 2019 qualifier match at Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya on October 2018. [Stafford Ondego]

A parliamentary committee has asked the Ministry of Sports to honour its promise of Sh50 million to national team, Harambee Stars, for qualifying for this year’s Africa Cup of  Nations (Afcon) finals.

Victor Munyaka who chairs the sports, culture and tourism committee, said the gesture was a performance-based pledge and should be honoured since the national team attained the feat by qualifying to Afcon finals that run on June 21 to July 19 in Egypt.

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