The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Ethics Commission has suspended for 180 days with immediate effect three Athletics Kenya officials for their alleged involvement in graft and subversion of the anti-doping control in Kenya.
The trio – Isaiah Kiplagat, president of AK, David Okeyo, vice-president of AK and IAAF council member, and Joseph Kinyua, former treasurer of AK and Kenya Team Leader at the IAAF 2015 World Championships – are not allowed to hold any office or position at either AK or the IAAF.
According to a statement from the IAAF Ethics Commission, the trio are being investigated for “potential subversion of the anti-doping control process” in Kenya and “potential improper diversion from Athletics Kenya of funds received from Nike”.
There is also a case “in respect of Mr Kiplagat in relation to receipt, personally or by Athletics Kenya, of an apparent gift of two motor vehicles from the Qatar Association of Athletics Federation in the period 2014-2015”, the statement said.
It added that Kiplagat, Okeyo and Kinyua “remain presumed innocent until the outcome of the investigation and the determination of any disciplinary charges which may follow from that investigation”.
