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Athletic Kenya vice- chairman David Okeyo during the launch of Maasai Mara Marathon launch at Intercontinental Hotel. ON 24/09/14 PHOTO: JENIPHER WACHIE
Former senior Kenyan athletics official David Okeyo has been banned from the sport for life and fined $50,000 (Sh5million) after being found guilty of diverting hundreds of thousands of dollars of sponsorship payments for his personal use.
Okeyo, a former Secretary-General and Vice President of Athletics Kenya (AK) as well as a member of the IAAF Council, and Joseph Kinyua, a former Treasurer of Athletics Kenya, were investigated by the sport’s ethics board in relation to payments made by U.S. sportswear company Nike between 2003 and 2015.
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