An audit has revealed that Sports Kenya lacks valid land ownership documents for key national facilities, including the Moi International Sports Centre in Kasarani.
The findings came to light as officials appeared before the National Assembly’s Public Investments Committee on Social Services (PIC-SSAA), where MPs raised concerns over billions of shillings reportedly lost to incomplete and abandoned projects, particularly stalled stadium ventures.
Sports Kenya disclosed that it is still working with the National Land Commission to secure ownership documents for the more than 200-acre Kasarani property.
Kasarani Stadium Ownership in Doubt as Audit Finds Sports Kenya Lacks Proper Land Papers. Photo: Courtesy.
Lawmakers were further alarmed to learn that millions of shillings had already been spent on consultancy and planning for three proposed national stadiums that never materialized.
The audit’s most striking disclosure centered on three proposed national stadiums in Nairobi, Kisumu, and Eldoret, with a combined estimated cost of Ksh42 billion.
Lawmakers were told that the government had already spent Ksh99.6 million on a feasibility study and Ksh57 million on architectural and project management services, despite not having secured ownership of the intended land.
To date, none of the projects has broken ground, raising serious concerns about accountability.
During the session, chaired by Vice-Chairperson Caleb Amisi (Saboti), members of the committee pressed Sports Kenya’s Acting Director General Gabriel Komora and his senior team to explain how such huge sums were spent on consultancy when land titles did not exist.
The committee noted that while the projects were anchored in Vision 2030 and the Sports Act of 2013, their continued stagnation risked turning them into costly white elephants, ultimately burdening taxpayers.
