Kenyan police summon Olympic athletes over mistreatment

The Kenyan Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) on Friday summoned athletes that competed for the nation to record statements on how officials mistreated them at the 31st Olympics Games in Brazil.

Olympic silver medalist and world men's Javelin champion, Julius Yego, told reporters in Nairobi he is among those who had been contacted by the department charged with crimes as authorities investigate the fiasco in the Kenyan team that has stolen the thunder from their best ever performance at the Games.

"We are only going to give our grievances. Most athletes are yet to arrive so it's only a few of us that have been called. I think at the end of the day it's only a resolution-seeking move," Yego said.

The development came barely 24 hours after the country's Sports Minister Hassan Wario disbanded the National Olympic Committee-Kenya (NOCK) whose headquarters remained locked on Friday as investigations ordered by the country's President Uhuru Kenyatta into the scandals that rocked the team before, during and after the quadrennial event stepped up a notch.

NOCK and sports ministry officials have come under fire after claims of athletes being mistreatment, the presence of a huge number of joy riders in Rio and the alleged selling off of the official kit from American firm Nike surfaced.

Source : XINHUA