{"id":106359,"date":"2024-12-28T08:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T08:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/12\/28\/ruto-promises-sh500mn-overhaul-on-raila-odinga-stadium-to-host-2025-mashujaa-day\/"},"modified":"2024-12-28T08:03:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T08:03:02","slug":"ruto-promises-sh500mn-overhaul-on-raila-odinga-stadium-to-host-2025-mashujaa-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/ruto-promises-sh500mn-overhaul-on-raila-odinga-stadium-to-host-2025-mashujaa-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruto promises Sh500mn overhaul on Raila Odinga Stadium to host 2025 Mashujaa Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 28 \u2013 President William Ruto has unveiled plans to overhaul the Raila Odinga Stadium in Homa Bay County in time for next year\u2019s Mashujaa Day celebrations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Homa Bay Town on Friday, Ruto said government will allocate Sh500 million for the refurbishment of the stadium, with the funds drawn from the national sports fund.<\/p>\n<p>The president emphasized that this significant investment is aimed at enhancing the stadium\u2019s capacity and standards, ensuring it meets the requirements for major national events.<\/p>\n<p>He also reiterated his administration\u2019s commitment to prioritizing sports development in Kenya, which he noted had been neglected in the past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sports fund will now be used exclusively for the development of sports infrastructure and nurturing talent across the country,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will channel Sh500 million to Homa Bay County to complete the Raila Odinga Stadium and create more opportunities for our youth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2024\/12\/20241228_104918.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Head of State reaffirmed his administration\u2019s focus on empowering the youth through sports and providing them with better platforms to showcase their talents.<\/p>\n<p>The planned refurbishment of the stadium is expected to be completed in collaboration with the Homa Bay County government ahead of October 20.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Ruto noted plans are underway to complete other stalled stadia across the country.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 28 \u2013 President William Ruto has unveiled plans to overhaul the Raila Odinga Stadium in Homa Bay County in time for next year\u2019s Mashujaa Day celebrations. Speaking in Homa Bay Town on Friday, Ruto said government will allocate Sh500 million for the refurbishment of the stadium, with the funds drawn from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}