Nock Deputy President Pius Ochieng in court. Photo/nation.co.ke
National Olympic Committee of Kenya (Nock) deputy president Pius Ochieng on Friday handed in his resignation letter.
During a press conference on Friday, Ochieng said that said his decison was motivated by alleged mismanagement by his collegues at the committee.
“I have decided to let go of a heavy burden that I have been carrying over the years as the second Deputy President of the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (Nock),” said Ochieng, who was the overall team manager of Team Kenya for the Rio Olympic Games.
“As a former sportsman who has competed at the highest level in the Olympics and major games, I will be failing fellow sportsmen and sportswomen, by not coming out openly to disassociate myself with the actions that my colleagues at Nock that have put Kenya at loggerheads with the IOC.”
He claimed that he was being used by his collegues who had selfish interests at heart.
He is among NOCK officials facing charges of mismanagement of Team Kenya at the Rio Olympic Games.
His resignation comes after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) threatened to reprimand Kenya over a failed election when its Executive Board meets on July 9-10, this year in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The IOC have demanded for concrete answers from the botched Nock elections on May 5 after a High Court injunction.