The story surrounding happenings at the Rio Olympics took a new twist on Tuesday, after NOC-K officials revealed that they had paid over Sh5 million for accommodation of senior government officials including president Kenyatta.
While appearing before a parliamentary committee, NOC-K shocked the MPs when revealing that they paid Sh2.2 million for the accommodation on the Othon Palace cruise ship for the 18 days that President Kenyatta was booked.
They further revealed that the accommodation was instead taken up by other members of the team, one of them the chair of the National Anti-doping Agency James Waweru, and Chair of the Sports Fund Sam Kairu.
“In a meeting on June 14, with the Cabinet Secretary and the Principal Secretary, directions were given that I had to book a room for the President on the cruise ship. I was further told to book rooms for the two principal secretaries, chairman of the Sports Fund and the Controller of Budget and the chair of the Anti-Doping Agency,” revealed Stephen Soi, head of delegation to the games.
“The matter of accommodation was discussed between the Cabinet Secretary and NOCK was not involved,” added Soi.
These new revelations are set to raise more questions to the already raging debate over what exactly happened in Rio, with Kenyans accusing the organizing individuals of mismanagement of funds.