The High Court has suspended the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) elections that were scheduled for Thursday morning.
In a ruling delivered by Justice Reuben Nyakundi, the court said the polls stand suspended pending the hearing of an application by Kenya Table Tennis Association (KTTA) chair Andrew Mudibo.
“In the alternative, pending hearing and determination of the application a temporary injunction do issue suspending the NOCK Executive Committee Election scheduled to take place on 19.6.2025,” Nyakundi said.
The ruling is the latest twist in a long boardroom battle for the leadership of the local Olympics governing body, which reached a crescendo on April 23.
The elections, initially scheduled for Thursday, were halted after four federations failed to agree on the officials who would vote for each one of them.
They include(d) Kenya Triathlon Federation (KTF), Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF), Kenya Handball Federation (KHF) and Taekwondo Federation of Kenya (TFK).
A total of 25 NOC-K-affiliated federations and four officials, including outgoing President Paul Tergat, athlete representatives Humprey Khayange and Hellen Obiri, and the woman representative Paurvi Rawal were set to participate in the voting exercise.
On Wednesday evening, just a day to the D-day, SDT ruled that Mudibo , who is vying for the secretary general’s post was irregularly nominated for the position.
This is because his parent federation, KTTA, was not a duly registered sports organization under the Sports Act, 2013, as at the time of its participation in the NOC-K electoral process.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had written to the current NOC-K office, making it categorical on the standoff of the four federations, but no action was taken.
