State prosecution attorney Eddy Kadebe Tuesday requested that Ekumbo, who is also the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) vice-chairman, be detained to allow for investigations. However, no criminal charges were preferred against Ekumbo yesterday at the Kilimani Law Courts. The magistrate took judicial notice of the fact that Ekumbo has health challenges and remanded him at Muthaiga Police Station for three days. Ekumbo is the fifth NOC-K official to be taken to court over the 2016 Rio Olympics scam. Team Kenya’s Chef de Mission to the Olympics, Stephen Soi, overall team manager Pius Ochieng and NOC-K Secretary General Francis Paul as well as NOC-K treasurer Fridah Shiroya have already been charged over the mismanagement of Team Kenya at the Rio Olympics.

Source: Daily Nation November 22, 2016 18:45 UTC