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Hassan Wario, Richard Ekai face charges over Rio Olympics mess


Sports Cabinet Secretary Hassan Wario speaks during a Press Conference on August 25, 2016, at his Kencom House offices in Nairobi. PHOTO SIMON MAINA |

By AYUMBA AYODI
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IN SUMMARY
Focus on overpayment of allowances
DPP wants top officials in Sports Ministry charged with abuse of office during Olympics
Tobiko wants Wario and Ekai charged with abuse of office over the loss of over Sh100 million relating to the Olympic games in August last year.

The Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko wants Sports Cabinet Secretary Hassan Wario and Principal Secretary Richard Ekai charged with abuse of office during the Rio Olympic Games.

Tobiko wants Wario and Ekai charged with abuse of office over the loss of over Sh100 million relating to the Olympic games in August last year.

Should the duo be charged, they will be forced to step aside until they clear their names. Tobiko also recommended that the Director of Administration at the Sports Ministry, Haron Komen, should also be charged.

“The persons who should bear the greatest criminal culpability for authorising (or) approving the unlawful payments are the following; Dr Hassan Wario Arero — CS, Ministry of Sports, Culture and the Arts (because he) chaired the Steering Committee meeting (in) which the budget was presented, (and) which had allowances which exceeded the SRC guidelines,” reads a letter from Tobiko to the Director of Criminal Investigations (CID) Ndegwa Muhoro, dated January 12 this year.

Also to face charges is the director of administration at the ministry, Mr Haron Chebet, who, as the holder of the Authority to Incur Expenditure (AIE), failed to advise that the payments of allowances be stopped because they exceeded the SRC guidelines.

On the spot are top Sports ministry and National Olympics Committee – Kenya (Nock) officials over the alleged overpayment of allowances to athletes and the officials of the games’ Central Management Committee amounting to Sh15.9 million.
Tobiko further directed Muhoro and his deputy Emily Kamau to liaise and ensure all the outstanding areas are addressed expeditiously and files are submitted within 14 days to have these offices face the law.

“The investigations team will be guided by the ODPP team headed by Ms. Emily Kamau,” said Tobiko in a letter dated January 12, 2017 to Muhoro, who had launched inquiry into the alleged mismanagement of Team Kenya, which participated in the 2016 Rio Olympic Summer Games.

Tobiko also directed the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), Kenya Revenue Authority and the Asset Recovery Agency (ARA) be brought on board to deal with matters falling within their respective mandates.

“Surcharging of all officials found responsible for loss of public funds be considered in addition to any criminal culpability,” said Tobiko, adding that investigations should be carried out on all government and the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (Nock) officials involved in the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Tobiko explained that the offences the top ministry officials are alleged to have committed are under Abuse of Office Contrary top Section 46 as read with Section 40 of Anti-Corruption and Section 101 of the Penal Code.

They were also in Breach of trust by persons employed in the public service contrary to Section 127 (1) as read in with Section 127 (2) of the Penal Code. “They also neglected official duty contrary to Section 128 of the Penal Code,” said Tobiko.

Happy New Year.. 2017 shall be a very busy year in the Athletics calender.... Starting with World Cross country in Kampala -March, then World Relays Nassau Bahamas -May.. World U18 in Nairobi Kenya-July then World Championship -London -August....

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Ak Nairobi region,led by the able Chairman,B. Korir,wishes to inform all athletes, Coaches,Officials, All learning institutions, Men & Women in uniform, friends and lovers of athletics, that Come Saturday 30th,Jan,2016 all roads shall be heading to GROUNDS,along Ngong road for the Championship,_This shall be an open event,meaning all athletes are highly welcome to participate. If you never had a chance to take part in the various championships and you wished to try your luck in order to get a ticket to National Xcountry,,this is the opportunity.JNR Women 6Km,JNR Men 8Km,SNR Men and Women 10KM..(Note: Age Cheating, won't go unpunished)
During this time,Nairobi Region shall be selecting and thereafter unveil it's team that shall latter Battle it out at the National level for the AK National Xcountry trials come 13th,February, 2016... To get a ticket to Younde Cameroon for Africa Cross country...... From Dagoreti to Njiru,From Embakasi to Langata,From Westlands to Kasarani, From Makadara to Kamukunji,From Starehe to All learning institutions and men& women in uniform.... Friends and lovers of Athletics,, Keep the date..... you won't afford to miss it out.

Meanwhile,
Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) Vice-President Annabel Pennefather has been appointed as a member of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Ethics Commission.

The Commission is an independent judicial body established by the IAAF Congress. It has the authority to appoint an independent investigator to check alleged violations of its code of conduct, among other powers.

Pennefather has served as the Chef de Mission for Singapore at the Olympics, Commonwealth Games and SEA Games.

The lawyer is also currently Deputy President of the International Hockey Federation's Judicial Commission.

The IAAF has been under scrutiny recently, after Russia was barred from world athletics last November, for its alleged involvement in widespread doping.

2016 IAAF WORLD INDOOR TOUR CALENDAR
6 February – Karlsruhe Indoor Meeting (Karlsruhe, GER)
14 February – New Balance Indoor Grand Prix (Boston, USA)
17 February – Globen Galan (Stockholm, SWE)
20 February – Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix (Glasgow, GBR)

We wish all the participants success.

Kass Fm Int. Marathon 2015 now underway.

The Start of Kass FM Int.Marathon 2015