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Former Kenya athletics chief banned 10 years for corruption

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Michael Rotich in the dock at a Milimani court where he was charged that in 2016 in Eldoret Town he jointly with others conspired to use St Luke Orthopedics and trauma hospital Eldoret unlawfully to promote the use of prohibited substances to athletes. He was released on a 200,000 shillings cash bail. [George Njunge, Standard]

Kenya's former athletics team manager Michael Rotich has been banned for 10 years for agreeing to provide advance notice to athletes of doping tests in exchange for money, the IAAF announced Wednesday.

Rotich was exposed by two undercover journalists from the Sunday Times in an article published in August 2016 and was sent home in disgrace from the Olympic Games in Rio which were underway at the time.

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