He is the fifth senior Olympic committee official to be arrested after an investigation into missing money and equipment was ordered by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta following the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Another vice-president of the Olympic committee, Pius Ochieng, and secretary-general Francis Kinyili Paul were charged with stealing Nike kit. The report by a committee investigating the allegations also said that the Kenyan Olympic committee should account for the $1.2 million it receives every year from Nike. Kenya's Olympic committee was disbanded by the government in the wake of the Rio scandal. The International Olympic Committee, which does not allow governments to interfere in national Olympic bodies, demanded Kenya re-establish it or face being suspended.

Source: CBC News November 21, 2016 22:44 UTC