He had earlier told the Sunday Nation that he was also a victim of the scandal involving National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) officials, whom he said are squarely to blame for the debacle. Wario launched an eight-member probe committee since Aug 18, which includes retired athletes Moses Kiptanui and Elizabeth Olaba, to investigate what happened in the organization and planning for Kenya’s Olympic team.
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In a days-long rant on Twitter this week, Korir said they were moved out of the Olympic Village when it closed and put into housing where they could hear gunshots and were urged not to go outside.
It is due to be completed by September 30.
Despite the problems, Kenya had its best Olympic performance in Rio, winning six golds, six silvers and a bronze medal, and finishing 15th overall in the gold medal table.
“We have not given our report and, from it, maybe you may find other things and you may find we were not in the wrong because we will give an account of all uniforms that we received, and all the uniforms that were distributed, and to whom”, Paul said.
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Officers, who can not be named as they are not authorised to speak to the press, said the minister was also grilled by detectives investigating the management blunders that placed Kenya in the limelight for the wrong reasons locally and internationally during the just concluded Olympics.
“We did our job very well”.
He added that the Olympics shambles was the responsibility of the government.
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Ireland’s Patrick Hickey was appointed the IOC autonomy delegate in 2014, but is now in jail here as investigations continue both in Brazil and in Ireland over his involvement in an alleged ticketing scandal surrounding the Olympic Council of Ireland.
