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Kenya launch Sh300m road to Rio 2016 Games

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Sports Cabinet Secretary Hassan Wario (left) chats with Brazil Ambassador to kenya Marcela Nicodemos and National Olympic Commitee of Kenya (NOCK) President Kipchoge Keino shortly after presiding over the launch of Rio 2016 in Nairobi on July 30, 2015.PHOTO/DENNIS OKEYO

Kenyan Olympics chiefs launched the Road to 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro with an appeal for Sh300 million.

But the chief guest at the function, Sports Cabinet Secretary Hassan Wario, lashed out at federations who have failed to align themselves to the 2013 Sport Act and are presenting their budget.

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