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IS RUDISHA President in waiting? Why Police inspector King David would be the man to bring order at troubled Riadha House after IAAF reforms

Billy Konchella presents the middle distance athlete of the year award David Rudisha during the 2016 Athletics Kenya award gala in Nairobi on Dec 7, 2016.[PHOTO:DENNIS OKEYO/STANDARD]

The idea of David Lekuta Rudisha, the two-time Olympics and world 800m champion and the record holder at the distance heading Athletics Kenya (AK) in the foreseeable future is gaining currency within and outside Kenya’s borders.

FeverPitch can reveal Rudisha, 27, is being viewed along the high level corridors of the sport as the man who can restore the lost credibility of the local federation that is still embroiled in a corruption scandal that has seen four top officials suspended by the ethics board of the international athletics governing body, IAAF, in the past year.

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