Nairobi residents will soon have access to Dandora Stadium facilities following the intervention of Nairobi County Governor Johnson Sakaja.Conforming to this, Brian Mulama who is the Nairobi County Executive Committee member of talent, skills, development, and care said that the county has concluded talks with the contractor, Scanjet Construction and the construction works have already resumed. The stadium is set to be finished in two months’ time.“As the Governor had promised, we have agreed with the same contractor who was working on the stadium and the contractor is already on site. The stadium will be done within the next 45 days,” Mulama noted.Dandora Stadium. Lazima iWork pic.twitter.com/yatP01yIDZ— Sakaja Arthur Johnson (@SakajaJohnson) February 18, 2023 In addition to that, Mulama recognized sports as a multi-billion industry and assured that the county government is committed to ensuring that it develops good infrastructure to nurture the youth’s talents and abilities.“Sport is a key sector and the county government will ensure that we develop the infrastructure for our youth to develop their talents and skills in sports which is a multi-billion industry globally,”##NAJAVA_MECA_7031465##Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko was the driving force behind the 350 million project. However, it came to a halt in 2019 when the EACC moved to investigate alleged procurement irregularities that were thought to have cost taxpayers a fortune.Sonko’s administration was accused of making irregular payments of Kshs196.9m to the contractor and changing the contract name without authority.Furthermore, the county government allegedly paid the contractor improperly despite technical evaluators’ warnings that contract documents, including the cabinet memorandum, were forged to state the stadium should be a steel structure when the work was nearly 70% complete.Olunga scores crucial penalty to help Al Duhail advance to Champions League quarter finalsFollowing an investigation into the stalled works by the House Labour and Social Welfare committee, which was then chaired by Sakaja, the Senate directed Nairobi County to resume construction of the stalled Dandora Stadium.The legislators stated that the construction should resume while the EACC conducts its investigation.Ferdinand Omanyala: The stone that was once rejected but is now Kenya’s athletic cornerstoneDespite Mr. Sakaja stating that the construction works were approved by former President Uhuru Kenyatta, nothing happened.The project was nearing completion when the construction stalled. Over 3,000 seats had been installed in the terraces, and floodlights had already been installed.
