AK in deeper hole: Officials fail to explain connection between federation and marketing company

National Athletic Team Captain David Rudisha(right) and Pamela Jelimo(left) and other team leaders after President Kibaki hand over National flag to them at State House on Wednesday 27/06/12 as the lead team to Olympics.PHOTO: BONIFACE OKENDO

Two days after reports appeared in the British press about alleged cases of doping by Kenyan, Russian and British athletes, Kenyan athletics is again caught in a suspicious international syndicate, which officials could not explain.

The Daily Telegraph reported that 25 Kenyan athletes may have failed dope test, only second to Russia’s 58 in the world. Athletics Kenya (AK) officials are yet to comment on this report.