Three top Kenyan Olympic officials arrested in Nairobi as part of Rio de Janeiro probe
Francis Paul, secretary general of the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK), as well as James Chacha and Stephen Arap Soi were taken into custody on their return from Brazil as part of an ongoing investigation
Three top officials of Kenya’s Olympic committee have been arrested in Nairobi as investigators dig into a series of scandals and embarrassments at the Rio de Janeiro Games, police sources said.
Francis Paul, secretary general of the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK), was arrested on Friday, one of the police sources said on condition of anonymity.
His deputy James Chacha and Stephen Arap Soi, who headed the Kenyan delegation to Rio, were both arrested at Nairobi airport just as they returned from Brazil, he added.
The arrests are “part of the investigation into the Rio scandal, and the poor management of the team for the entirety of the Games,” he said.
Another police source said the men are being held at a police station in Nairobi, and that they are due to be charged on Monday for their chaotic management and alleged theft of official sports gear.