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"content": "Lastly, Member for Emuhaya, then the Cabinet Secretary can answer those short questions."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It is believed that the Cabinet Secretary is putting round eggs in square holes. In 2027, when we shall be hosting the CAF, he is not preparing Bukhungu Stadium which is the home of footballers but a different stadium known for athletics. I want him to tell this House and Kenyans what he is doing to make sure that the home of football is prepared for 2027."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu Namwamba",
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"content": " Thank you. I will take it one by one pretty fast, starting from the first one on the WRC Safari Rally. The WRC Safari Rally indeed had a pile-up of debts. I am very proud to report to this House that this is one of the spaces we have been able to streamline. When this rally was hosted in 2022, for instance, before we came into office, it cost the taxpayers about Ksh2.8 billion. Last year, we were able to half that and do it at half the budget. This year, even with the economic realities, we have lowered it further. We have done well to get a grip on a space which we believe was not managed well. I assure this House that there is no chance of Kenya losing the WRC Safari Rally. We are in a very good space with the promoter, Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the International Motor Sports Federation and also in streamlining the whole operation of the rally. The debts which we inherited, we have referred them to a special verification. The verification process is going on and as soon as it is complete and we know which ones are genuine and should be paid, certainly, they will be settled. We will plead for some more indulgence for the verification to be concluded. I have visited Bomet County Stadium, it is one of those that were not very well conceived. If I may refer the Member to Page 16 of the master plan which I have referred to quite a lot, Bomet Stadium is listed under completion of ongoing regional stadia. Even though this was a project of the county government, we have taken it up and it is part of our plans to finish it. There are serious integrity issues there and we have done some initial tests. We believe that some of the processes that were done by the county government may need to be pulled down as part of the completion of this project. The other question from Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi was about the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) and the general elections. We believe they should not be overly concerned. The general elections and the football fever complete pretty good. I believe Kenyans will immensely enjoy the Africa Cup of Nations even as we gear towards the general elections, and we do not anticipate any problems at all. Unless the Member knows something that we do not, we would be happy to listen to it."
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"content": "The fear of the unknown. Just go on."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu Namwamba",
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"content": " Hon. Speaker, we all occasionally suffer from the fear of the unknown. Hon. Adagala has also mentioned Hamisi Stadium, Kidundu Stadium and Mumboha Stadium. I assure the Member for Vihiga that Kidundu Stadium is also in the master plan. On The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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"content": "Page 16, under support for new regional stadia, Kidundu is listed as a project. That is already considered but we have also been in talks with the leadership of Vihiga, including the Governor to determine the best place in Vihiga County for a regional stadium. On the question regarding Kiprugut Chuma Stadium, it is true that we have formally, and in an official ceremony, renamed that stadium in honour of Kenya’s fastest-ever Olympic Medal Winner, the Late Kiprugut arap Chuma. That is the new name and we are aware there are a few elements that need to be completed, something that Sports Kenya is seized of for completion. Hon. Oyula mentioned Busia County Stadium. I am pleased to inform the Speaker that this particular county has no stadium as the Member has indicated. The remnants of the stadium that was there were victims of the public protests, which went away with the remnants of Busia Stadium, and therefore, Busia no longer has a stadium. However, we have advertised this project and expression of interest is ongoing for construction of a new stadium in Busia County. The process of expression of interest is nearing the tail end. There is a later Question here on the sports academy which we had provided some information on academies."
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"content": "You can skip that one for now."
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"content": " I can skip it for now. I will answer it at that point. We have provided details on the Question on academies. Hon. Dido Raso has mentioned Marsabit. It is in our master plan. He has correctly noted that one bit of the project is completed. That is the bit that was done by the Ministry through Sports Kenya. I visited Marsabit to confirm that. The bit the County Government did is incomplete. We had serious concerns about the integrity of that structure. I am pleased to report to this House that we have done integrity tests and we have a report. We commissioned the structure to determine whether it can withstand completion. The test results are being analysed and as soon as that will be completed, we will proceed to complete the project as indicated in the master plan. There was a question from the Member for Emuhaya, Hon. Omboko on Bukhungu Stadium. I could not agree more with the Member that this region, the mulembe land, is a hotbed of talents. Bukhungu Stadium is like a shrine of football and it certainly deserves to be given attention. I am pleased, again, to report to this honourable House that I was personally at Bukhungu Stadium a month ago to do groundbreaking for the completion of Bukhungu Stadium. We have entered into a partnership with the county government to complete the bit that is remaining. So, work is ongoing at Bukhungu Stadium and we have every determination to complete it. While that is going on, we have also done groundbreaking of Masinde Muliro Stadium Kanduyi, Bungoma County. It is also on track. In fact, that will be the host of this year’s Madaraka Day celebrations and we are racing against time to complete it in time, not only to host Madaraka Day, but to also be available to support the sporting ecosystem of Bungoma County and the rest of that region. Finally, on the question by the Leader of the Majority Party, he asked a very fundamental question on escalation of project costs. I am happy to report to this honourable House that the audit report that the Leader of the Majority Party referred to is actually a result of our own request. I wrote to the Auditor-General to invite his office to look at these projects during the process of developing our master plan to help us avoid pitfalls that have afflicted this sector for many years. We are very keen. This is our audit as it were, if I may call it that way. It is our audit because we asked for it. So, its results are very important to us. We are very keen to deal with this hydra-headed monster of overpricing projects because it is real. If you look at a lot of these projects, you do not see value for money. So, we are keen to deal with that issue. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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"content": "One of the measures that we have taken is to do prototypes. For instance, if we want to develop a regional stadium, we will do a prototype and cost it. So, for every actual project, we measure it against our prototype. On the academies, for instance, someone had given a cost of about Ksh400 million per academy. We did our own prototype that indicated you can do these academies for not more than Ksh50 million which is many times less than what was projected. I can assure this House and the Leader of the Majority Party that we are on top of this to keep budgets in check and deliver value for money to the tax payers. I submit."
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