As the process to unveil the mystery behind Rio Olympics poor coordination, mismanagement and embarrassing cases reported, National Olympics Committee- Kenya (Nock) has revealed another shock barely a day after they admitted using 1.2m to book a room for president.
The officials claimed that the Ministry of Sports, Arts and Culture deposited ‘unnecessary’ Ksh25 million for the Rio 2016 Olympics.
This revelation came during the second day of grilling by the Parliamentary Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Services in Nairobi on Wednesday.
Ksh18 million was reported to have been used on kit that was supposed to be given for free by American sports apparel firm, Nike.
“The CDM also forced a transfer of Ksh25m from Nock account to the Ministry. Our CDM also carried Ksh25m in cash and was in dollars, so if the CDM had cash on him why did he need an extra Ksh25m? Its going to cause an issue of auditing.
“He had also withdrawn Ksh4m for medicine, so the delegation that Soi is talking about that needed their allowances had already factored in our budget. Why would they need a second set of allowances? ” the Nock vice-chair said during Wednesday’s hearing
“The board did not meet to discuss this deposit. We were not informed as a board. Why would the ministry do that?” Ekumbo told the hearing.
“We have a role and responsibilities. The Games were overseen by the Cabinet Secretary who was the chairman of the Steering Committee. If there is an issue of blame, all of us you be put under scrutiny equally not Nock alone.
“Some of the decisions that were made may have forced the CDM to meet with the CS. For the example, as a board we did not know the list of the people who were traveling,” he added in shifting a finger of responsibility on CS Dr. Hassan Wario who has distanced himself from the Rio 2016 fiasco.