Kenyan Sons of Gold Get Mistreated in Rio as Police recover Hundreds of cartons containing Team Kenya uniforms for Rio Olympic Games

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KENYA: “The best country in the world will spent their night in this ‘slum’ like area in rio after the olympic village was closed !!! Unbelievable mistreatment of athletes !!! (sic)” wrote Team Kenya captain Wesley Korir on Facebook.

Team Kenya captain Wesley Korir
The captain alleged mistreatment of athletes in Rio after the organisers closed the Olympics village on Wednesday.

Mr Korir said they were stuck in Rio due to National Olympics Committee of Kenya incompetence.
You may wonder why some athletes were still stuck in Rio de Janeiro four days after the Games concluded on Sunday.

Well according to Korir, Nock booked their flights late, because the officials looked for cheaper flights.
Earlier in the week, Mr Korir, who is also the MP for Cherengany, claimed that he failed to complete the men’s marathon on Sunday due to a water mix up at 30km. Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge won the gold in the race.
After arriving in the country on Friday evening, The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) secretary general Francis Paul was arrested and locked up at Muthaiga Police Station awaiting trial over unspecified charges.

According to NairobiNews, A police source who sought anonymity disclosed that Paul will be taken to court either on Saturday or Monday.

The DCI officers also raided NOCK officers at the 2000 Plaza, Mombasa Road where they recovered hundreds of cartons containing Team Kenya uniforms for Rio Olympic Games.
“The consignment is big and we surely don’t know why these uniforms were not given to the team,” said the source, adding that police were due to make more arrests at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport where NOCK officials were expected from Rio, Brazil.

Chef de mission Stephen Soi, who is also a top officer at General Service Unit and NOC-K deputy treasurer, was the main target.

Paul’s arrest comes a day after Cabinet Secretary for sports Hassan Wario disbanded NOC-K owing to mismanagement of Team Kenya for Rio Olympic Games.


SOURCE: NairobiNews, The African Post,

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