The request by the 10 MPs, five each from the Senate and National Assembly to fly to Tokyo, Japan for the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship that starts on September 29 has been denied .
This comes against the backdrop of public anger and condemnation that met a group of MPs who traveled to Russia for the Fifa World Cup in July.
The world’s biggest football extravaganza was held from June 14 to July 15 this year.
The members of the Sports Committee of the National Assembly chaired by Machakos Town MP Victor Munyaka flew to Russia allegedly on the pretext of a working trip.
But when they came back, they were unable to produce a bench-marking report on their experience in Russia, as the standard practice requires, forcing speaker Muturi to compel them or risk sanctions.
Though Kenya’s national team, Harambee Stars failed to qualify for the tournament, the MPs’ trip to Russia was premised on the country getting the good understanding of international standards of football.
But when they finally yielded to Mr Muturi’s pressures, their report was a scandal of sorts as it was discovered that it had been copy pasted from sports websites, an indication that they may have gone to “do their own things.”