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TOUGH TIMES LIE AHEAD: Why National Olympic Committee of Kenya is courting IOC ban

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From Left-Suspended Chairman NOCK Kipchoge Keino, NOCK Legal officer Sharad Rao and David Mereka of Mereka advocates during NOCK meeting at Hotel Panari on Tuesday, Feb 28, 2017. [PHOTO: JONAH ONYANGO/STANDARD]

National Olympic Committee of Kenya stares at imminent ban by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after yesterday's extra-ordinary general meeting aborted.

The meeting aborted amid threats from the international body that the country could be sanctioned. In yesterday's meeting, Nock Executive Members and their affiliates disagreed on a clause in the proposed constitution that stops them from voting in the elections.

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