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No explanation can make up for Games debacle

As Team Kenya jets back tomorrow from the 30th Olympiad in London more whips than the usual mursik will be expected to greet them at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

Such is the anger among Kenyans that few will be willing to receive our heroes and heroines with fanfare after only managing a paltry two Gold, three Silver and four Bronze medals while we are supposed to have swept all before us on the track.

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