AK officials ought to quit to save our sport

Nothing has etched Kenya so deeply onto the world map like athletics. It is our national pride. Talk about athletics anywhere in the world is incomplete without a mention of Kenya. Our renowned athletes, the world beaters, are our greatest ambassadors; the reason why no disrepute should be brought into athletics through the conduct of a few individuals out to line their pockets at the expense of the country's reputation.

Athletics Kenya President Isaiah Kiplagat, his deputy David Okeyo and Joseph Kinyua have been suspended by the ethics commission of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) for six months in the interest of the integrity of the sport over their roles in subverting anti-doping control processes but more importantly for, in the case of Mr Kiplagat, allegedly accepting bribes from Qatar Athletics Federation in the 2014/2015 period. The two claim innocence.