Two cheers for Jaber Stadium relaunch


Issue 1010 - 18 Feb 2016 | 1 minute read

To improve Kuwaiti sport’s tarnished image locally and internationally, the government organised a festive relaunch of Jaber Stadium – the “ghost stadium” built in 2009 but mired in a corruption scandal about its fitness to host events. Opposition figures had lined up to accuse the Al-Kharafi company that built it of failing on construction quality; despite the massive funds allocated to the project, sources claimed Jaber Stadium was unfit to use. The affair became politicised as the government’s opponents also used it as an example of the allegedly huge scale of merchant family corruption.

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