Before they get inside a stadium, they must deal all too often with corruption, negligence and abuse from sports managers and administrators
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One does not have to look far to find other examples of incompetence, negligence or corruption. In one of the most egregious, in 2016, Kenya’s cabinet secretary for sports was charged with embezzling most of the $6-million that was budgeted for the country’s Olympic team. That success has come not because of the government, but in spite of it. Its tribulations are almost as legendary as its sporting prowess.
Ogwel denied the allegations against him, and Uganda’s parliament undertook a second investigation. This time around, it was the whistleblower Kityo who ended up in prison, for failing to account for the funds that she said had been stolen. Ogwel did not respond to requests for comment.In 2013, the netball team travelled by road to Malawi to participate in the African Nations Cup, arriving when the games had already begun.
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