Keino One Of Seven Kenyan Officials Charged Over 2016 Olympics Graft
Zeeshan Mehtab Published October 15, 2018 | 06:26 PM
Two-time Olympic gold medallist Kipchoge Keino was one of seven Kenyan officials charged Monday in a scandal involving the mismanagement of funds during the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Nairobi, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 15th Oct, 2018 ) :Two-time Olympic gold medallist Kipchoge Keino was one of seven Kenyan officials charged Monday in a scandal involving the mismanagement of funds during the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Four of the suspects were in court while the others, including former sports minister Hassan Wario and Keino -- who headed the Olympic committee -- were charged in absentia.
Magistrate Douglas Ogoti said he would issue arrest warrants against the absent parties if they did not turn themselves in by Thursday.
Wario is out of the country, as he serves as Kenya's ambassador to Austria.
Those present pleaded not guilty and were released on bail of one million shillings ($9,900, 8,500 Euros).
The men were slapped with charges ranging from abuse of office to failing to comply with laws on the management of public funds.
They cover the alleged crimes of embezzlement, the purchase of unauthorised air tickets, overpayment of allowances and expenditure on unauthorised persons, all to the amount of 55 million shillings.
Graft is rife in Kenya, with millions of Dollars of public funds going missing each year, and the country was left red-faced in 2016 over graft during its Olympic campaign which also saw athletes' team uniforms stolen by officials.
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