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"content": "2016. That is the information we got while in Rio, which we did not have when we were leaving here. We raised this information with the Ministry. As the parliamentary team, the invitation we got was from the Ministry and we did not know that NOCK was the one that was doing accreditation. So, there was that problem in terms of coordinating activities with the Ministry and NOCK. That is because NOCK was closed inside the village while the Ministry was operating from outside the village. To access the village, you had to talk to only one man and that was Mr. Soi. He is the only one who could get you accredited and access the village. That is why we had that problem of coordination among the Ministry, NOCK and ourselves. I believe all the other people were complaining. With regard to uniforms, Mr. Soi, together with other NOCK officials, laid the blame on Nike, a US-based company that is contracted to provide the national team with uniforms, for delayed delivery. They indicated that the uniforms came in late. The only uniforms that came early were those for the rugby team, which came in June. However, the other uniforms came just about the time when the team was supposed to leave. This is what they said. We are not saying that this is the position because while we were there, it was not possible to ascertain whether what they were saying was right or wrong. Otherwise, that is what they indicated. They even indicated that some uniforms came late when the team had already departed. An example was sandals, which never went to Rio. Those were left behind. Because of this and not knowing the agreement between Nike and NOCK, we demanded to have access to the contract signed by them so that we can really know the conditions that were in the agreement, which they promised to make available. But as we speak today, they have not made that contract available. While in the village, we were informed that immediately after the Olympics which were ending on Sunday, I think the village was going to be closed on Tuesday. That would necessitate that whoever athlete was still in the village had to leave. They indicated that there were no daily flights on the Angola Airline, which our team was using because they were flying from Rio to Luanda, Angola, and then to Nairobi. They indicated that the day the village was being closed, there were no flights scheduled from Rio to Luanda and then to Nairobi. Because of that, they had made arrangements for the team to relocate to a hotel which they said was of sound standards. That is what happened. The team left the Olympic village and moved to the hotel. Thereafter, we heard from the athletes who moved to that hotel that it was substandard but, as Committee members, we never had an opportunity to visit the alternative accommodation where they had moved. However, from the reports that we got thereafter, the place where they had been moved was actually a ghetto. That is what happened. On arrival back home, we heard that the CS for the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Arts, Dr. Hassan Wario had disbanded NOCK citing mismanagement of Team Kenya in Rio and transferred their responsibilities to Sports Kenya as the interim custodians, who will ensure the adoption of a new constitution and setting of the election calendar. As members who travelled to Rio, we joined our colleagues yesterday in a meeting which took place in Protection House. We deliberated on the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and gave a brief from the delegation to the Committee. We deemed it necessary that we need to summon the CS for Sports, Dr. Hassan Wario, to shed more light on: a) The role of the Ministry in preparations and management of the team that went to Rio. b) The allegations of Team Kenya mismanagement by NOCK. c) The legitimacy of disbanding NOCK and transferring its roles to Sports Kenya. 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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