Photos of Kenyan lawmakers at the 2018 World Cup in Russia have angered citizens of the East African country in the light of the poor economic situation of the country.
It is reported that some Members of Parliament travelled to Russia to watch live World Cup matches at the expense of taxpayers’ money, reports Tuko.
Photos of the politicians enjoying themselves at the stadium circulated on social media moments before the kick off of the semi final clash between Croatia and England on Wednesday night.
In defence of the travelling lawmakers, Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa revealed his office authorised travel of six MPs from sports committees to go learn how such big sporting events are conducted.
Other reports indicated around 20 leaders flew down to the world’s largest nation for a two-week trip.
Kenya’s national team Harambee Stars have never qualified for the World Cup competition and the furthest they ever participated was at the African Nations Cup in 2004.
See some tweets from Kenyans below:
…even France who are playing a final is not sponsoring its MPs to go to Russia but Kenya who were hit by famine, lately they even didnt have water to drink and they have a huge debt to pay are sending MPs to watch #FIFAWC2018 as if they have anything to do with football
— Andrew Katsigaire (@AndrewKatsigair) July 12, 2018
Congratulations to you tax paying Kenyans for funding so many of your MPs to go to Russia on a 2 week World Cup holiday.
— Japhetha Waitina (@Currie_Powder) July 12, 2018
So some Kenyan MPs are in Russia on a benchmarking trip to learn how to host the World Cup?????
Remind me, when did we last qualify to Africa Cup of Nations? pic.twitter.com/yH3hahkYbg
— Ahmedkadar (@Ahmedkadar1) July 12, 2018
Source: News Agencies
