Shadrack Maluki elected new Olympics Kenya president
Maluki narrowly beat incumbent secretary general Francis Mutuku in the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) election.
Following a protracted process that saw the exercise aborted twice, in April and June, 27 local federations were cleared to vote, with each bearing a single ballot.
Maluki garnered 15 votes to Mutuku's 12 to bring an end to a leadership saga that had threatened to tear the Olympic body in two.
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