NAIROBI, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's Olympic body will go to polls on May 5 to elect its new executive officials having agreed to adopt a new constitution.
The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) risked getting a ban from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for failing to adopt the new law, but the incumbent officials, under pressure from Kenya government and IOC, have agreed to the new document, which will pave way for fair and just election in just six weeks.
Speaking in Nairobi on Tuesday, Kipchoge Keino, the NOCK President, urged the delegates and officials seeking several seats to elect leaders, who have good vision to develop the sport and those who can propel the country forward at international championships.
"We all want the best for the youth of this country. It is they that play sport and we as administrators only help set the stage. It should be their call, their priority," he said.
Now Nock will deliberate on securing the service of an outside body to oversee the election. The Independent body will be named after seven days from the date of the passage of the new constitution.
"The team, which will oversee the elections, must be transparent. We want to elect people who will improve sports in this country, help Kenya go forward," said Keino.
Earlier this month, IOC send its officials in Nairobi as observers during a stormy Extra Ordinary Meeting by NOCK having asked Kenya to amend its laws but the officials voted down the proposal.
This comes after it was reported that Kenyan athletes were mistreated during the Olympic Games in Rio last year.
"Our athletes were not mistreated in Rio. If the team was mistreated they would not have come home with six gold, six silver and a bronze. Kenya team was taken care of and performed well finishing in position 15," said Keino.
But in a change of heart on Tuesday, 18 delegates plus 11 national executive members of NOCK unanimously voted in favour of the new constitution on their third attempt to pave way for the elections.
The new constitution takes off the voting rights from the 11 executive members, who have expressed interest to defend their seats.
WELLINGTON, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- The head of New Zealand's biggest farming industry group has been appointed acting president of the World Farmers Organisation (WFO) at a meeting in Geneva, the Federated Farmers group said Thursday.
Federated Farmers President Dr William Rolleston had been the WFO's vice president and would guide the organization until the next general assembly in Helsinki 2017, when a new president would be appointed.
"It's a privilege to be appointed to this role in an acting capacity. The WFO actively promotes the critical importance of a sustainable global farming sector for the future of our planet," Rolleston said in a statement.
The WFO's current work included world food security, climate change policy and practice, the WFO's Strategic Plan 2018-2028 and a number of policy initiatives.
BANGKOK, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Thai Prime Minister PrayutChan-o-cha said Monday that the foreign ministry will study how torevoke fugitive former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra'spassport.
Prayut was in response to media who asked him what to do thenext after Yingluck left.
"Thai foreign ministry will work on the issue including revokeher passport. We have to look into the law to decide whether it canbe done," said the prime minister Men's Nike Air Max TN Shoes Triple Black UK , quoted by Thai media VoiceTV.
Prayut has asked people to give security authorities more timefor investigation instead of blaming them. He reiterated that hehas no ideas of which country has Yingluck fled to.
The supreme court was to deliver a verdict against Yingluck overher loss-ridden rice pledging case last Friday. Yingluck stunnedthe nation by her no-show to the court, claiming that she was toosick to show up.
The court issued an arrest warrant on her on the same day andpostponed the verdict to Sept. 27. The whereabouts of Yingluck arestill unknown. Enditem
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