Kasarani Stadium Title Deed Reported Missing as Audit Exposes Billion-Shilling Scandal

The Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani has been thrown into the spotlight after an explosive audit revealed that Sports Kenya does not possess proper land ownership documents for the multi-billion-shilling national asset.

The revelations emerged during a heated session in Parliament, where the National Assembly's Public Investment Committee on Social Services, Administration and Agriculture (PIC-SSAA) grilled Sports Kenya officials over the agency’s controversial handling of billions of shillings earmarked for stadium projects.

According to the audit, Sports Kenya disclosed that it is still pursuing the title deed for the over 200-acre parcel of land from the National Land Commission, raising questions about the legality of major projects already undertaken on the property.

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The MPs expressed shock after learning that the government had also spent millions of shillings on consultancy and feasibility studies for three proposed national stadiums in Nairobi, Kisumu, and Eldoret — projects that have never broken ground.

“An audit of Sports Kenya has revealed that the agency lacks proper land ownership documents for key national assets, including the Moi International Sports Centre, where the Kasarani Stadium is located,” the Kenyans.co.ke reported.

The most startling revelation was that Ksh99.6 million had been paid for feasibility studies and another Ksh57 million for architectural and project management services for the three stadiums, all before formal land ownership had been secured. In total, the three proposed facilities were projected to cost taxpayers Ksh42 billion under Vision 2030 and the Sports Act 2013.

Committee Vice-Chairperson Caleb Amisi (Saboti) demanded explanations from the agency’s Acting Director General, Gabriel Komora, and his team on why billions were spent on consultancy while projects remained stalled. 

Lawmakers further warned that if the projects continued to stall, the funds would become wasted investments, piling pressure on the already overstretched public budget. Geoffrey Ruku, a committee member, pressed officials on why stadium projects appeared to suffer from chronic delays despite huge allocations.

Adding to the controversy, MPs uncovered massive budgetary inflation in existing projects. 

The Kipchoge Keino Stadium in Eldoret, initially contracted at Ksh109.7 million, had ballooned to Ksh355.1 million — an increase of more than 200 percent. Sports Kenya officials failed to provide a convincing explanation and were ordered to produce documentation for a fresh Ksh3.5 billion rehabilitation contract tied to the stadium.

In what MPs described as “questionable expenditures,” the audit also revealed that Sports Kenya paid Ksh24.4 million to a Moscow football club, raising suspicions of possible misuse of public funds within the department.

Parliamentarians now say that without clear accountability, Vision 2030 sports infrastructure projects could collapse under the weight of corruption, poor planning, and incompetence. 

The audit queries stretch back as far as the 2014/2015 financial year and MPs have vowed to pursue the matter until taxpayers get answers.