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Ababu Namwamba should clean house to revive sports

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Former Budalangi MP Ababu Namwamba during a Kenya Kwanza manifesto team press conference in Nairobi on July 6 2022. [Esther Jeruto, Standard]

Sports Cabinet Secretary nominee Ababu Namwamba is no stranger to the hugely potential docket and behind-the-scenes shenanigans. The intrigues before the show on the pitch, the track and even pool will not surprise him.

At the danger of pre-emptying Parliament's vetting of Mr Namwamba's suitability to hold the office, it is safe to say that his brief stint as Sports minister during the Mwai Kibaki administration between 2012 and 2013, gives him the requisite experience to help President William Ruto fulfill his lofty campaign pledges.

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