Friday, March 29, 2024 - Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has vowed to take action over the issues surrounding the election within Athletics Kenya (AK).
Speaking yesterday, Gachagua
promised to collaborate with the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Youth Affairs,
Sports and the Arts Ababu Namwamba, to sort out the issues derailing the
organization.
“I will discuss with CS Namwamba
so that we can wait for the Olympics to finish, then we can sort it out,”
Gachagua said.
The second in command noted
that despite the confusion within the AK, President William Ruto’s
government was going to wait for the Olympic preparations to be complete before
tackling the election of the top leaders.
“I agree the election issues in
Athletics Kenya is a phony issue, and we are going to sort it out,” Gachagua
promised.
“We do not want to destabilise
the Olympic preparations.”
On March 7, the High Court
ordered the Athletics Kenya officials serving for more than a specific period
to vacate the offices.
Athletics Kenya President
Jackson Tuwei was among those ordered to leave their jobs, alongside other
officials working within his office. The president had been in office for eight
years.
In light of the petition filed
by athlete Moses Tanui alongside 9 other individuals, the court ruled that the
officials would be ineligible to vie for any other office within the
organization.
The petitioners had further
requested that the officials be declared illegally in office. The ten-member
team further claimed that the AK's constitution was null and void.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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