Seven top Kenyan officials will be slapped with corruption charges over the alleged misappropriation of over USD500,000 during the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the public prosecutor said Saturday.
In a statement, chief prosecutor Noordin Haji named former sports minister Hassan Wario and two-time Olympic gold medallist Kipchoge Keino -- who headed the Olympic committee -- as among those to be charged.
"During the Rio Olympics, the government set aside 544 million shillings (USD5.4 million, 4.6 million euros) to facilitate athletes' participation in the Games," read the statement.
"Unfortunately part of the funds were mismanaged thus denying the athletes proper facilitation."
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