What Is Happening To Our Athletes? After Maurice Odumbe and Conjestina, another Renowned Athlete Is Suffering

In developed countries athletes usually make a bucket load of money from their Salary/winnings and endorsements.

Just last year boxer Mayweather made a total of 105 Million Dollars without endorsements while Lebron James a basket ball athlete made 72.3 Million dollars! Dollars not Kshs!

But back in the 254, the fate of athletes is a far cry from the life they should be living as there are many athletes who are living a life that is just tear-jerking. Take Conjestina for example, a boxing champion and endorsement gold, now she is living in squalor back in her home and there are reports that she even went round the bend.

Maurice Odumbe was living in hard times before the intervention of the Kenyan Media and Kenyans.

Now there is an athlete stuck in hospital because else has been unable to clear a bill of 63,000 Kshs shillings…only. Something which should be pocket-change for an athlete.

Elizabeth Andiego a Kenyan female boxer who specializes in Women’s middleweight competition has been stuck in Kenyatta hospital for the last two weeks after a hit and run accident along the Eastern by pass. This was as she prepared to attend the all Africa Games .

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The family has tried to get help from other boxers to no avail, even the ministry in charge of sports says they don’t know what to do for her.