Athletics Kenya on Monday evening called out individuals claiming there was manipulation and delay tactics for Ferdinand Omanyala’s visa delay and allegations towards the travelling of 32-joyriders to come out with evidence of malice.
Through a statement released to the media, AK President Jack Tuwei rubbished the above claims saying they are false and understated.
“It is important to state that Omanyala went for visa Biometrics at the Embassy of the United Sates in Nairobi on July 7 alongside other athletes. The rest were issued with their visa a day later while Omanyalas passport was not released," explained Tuwei.
"When we enquired why, we were informed that he need to fill in an additional form referred to as Supplementary Questions for visa applicants to verify some facts.
"Neither the ministry or Athletic Kenya could intervene because the required process by the embassy had to be undertaken individually. AK would like to recognise efforts of Sports CS Amina Mohammed in engaging the embassy in having the visa issued."
READ MORE
Kenyans hope things will look up at World Indoors in Poland
Chepsaita: AK to decide on Team Kenya participation
Komen and Wakiihuri urge counties to build proper sports facilities
Why contentious issues threaten to slow the pace of AK's constitutional review, reforms
Tuwei further stated that the allegations that 32-government officials traveled to Oregon was fake and news to the federation.
"Allegations claiming that person other than athletes and support personnel travelled illegally to Oregon are false and unsubstantiated. AK hopes that this statement will set the record straight as a true account of status of Kenyan delegation in US," said Tuwei
