Nairobi – The two-day standoff between Athletics Kenya (AK) and the Professional Athletes Association of Kenya (PAAK) has ended.
The Kenyan Government asked the two top AK officials to step aside to enable the authorities to probe graft allegations levelled against them.
PAAK ended their two-day siege on AK headquarters at Riadha House, Nairobi, after the Youth, Arts and Sports Principal Secretary, Richard Ekai, intervened and asked AK President Isaiah Kiplagat and a vice-president David Okeyo to step aside.
The pair have been fingered for allegedly siphoning money from a sponsorship deal between AK and U.S., sports apparel manufacturer, Nike.
Ekai said any other top official implicated in corruption would be subjected to the same treatment.
A group of runners allied to PAAK on Monday morning stormed the AK headquarters in Nairobi, demanding the resignation of top AK officials who they accused of corruption.
They stormed the building, threw out staff, manned the gates and pitched tent at the premises.
The athletes also accused AK top brass of doing next to nothing in fighting doping cases dogging Kenyan athletes.
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The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has banned several Kenyan athletes caught doping.
On Tuesday evening, Ekai, representing the government, AK and PAAK officials held a meeting where a seven-point agreement was reached to end the siege.
Among the resolutions passed is that the parties immediately embark on the process of reviewing the current AK constitution to make it in line with the Constitution of Kenya and the Sports Act of 2013.
PAAK is to submit a memorandum of their grievances on the management of AK and present it to the Sports, Arts and Culture ministry on or before Nov. 30. (PANA/NAN)