NAIROBI Nicolas Otamendi Shirt , Feb.15 (Xinhua) -- The probe report on three suspended top Athletics Kenya (AK) officials will be forwarded to the IAAF Ethics Commission next month, lawyer Sharad Rao who is conducting the investigations said on Monday in Nairobi.
Federation president Isaiah Kiplagat, vice-president David Okeyo and former treasurer and team leader for the 2015 Beijing World Championships, Joseph Kinyua, were suspended for 180 days by the world governing body, IAAF after being accused of subverting anti-doping processes and potentially diverting sponsorship funds from Nike last November.
Kiplagat is also accused of accepting Riyad Mahrez Shirt , either personally or on behalf of AK, an "apparent gift" of two motor vehicles from the Qatar Association of Athletics Federations in the period from 2014 to 2015. During that time Doha was bidding to host the 2019 world championships.
The former director of public prosecutions in Kenya, Rao, who was appointed by the IAAF Ethics Commission to lead the probe, revealed investigations into the three were almost complete.
"Latest by the end March, but very likely by the middle of March. It's not a verdict Fernandinho Shirt , what I will be doing report back to the IAAF Ethics Commission. If my report indicates there has been wrong doing, they will actually hear the matter," he said.
"It's not a verdict, but of course my investigation goes a long way towards establishing whether or not there is evidence to prove those allegations," the former judge and chairman of Kenya's past director of prosecutions in Kenya said.
The investigations come at a time when the country faces scrutiny over the spike in doping cases, with more than 40 Kenyan athletes failing tests since 2012.
Kiplagat is also accused of receiving car-donations personally or for the federation Benjamin Mendy Shirt , from Qatar which won the right to stage the 2019 World Championships, in a November 2014 vote.
Qatar beat the bids by Eugene, Oregon and Barcelona to earn the right to stage the championships for the first time.
Rao said the IAAF is very serious because they have their problems also.
"Apart from being concerned about doping that brings a bad name and people cannot trust in results. If there are athletes performing under performance enhancing drugs, then obviously the result shown is not a genuine result," he said.
"There are also sponsors withdrawing and the IAAF cannot afford that," he added.
Before the suspensions David Silva Shirt , Kiplagat was well into his 23rd year at the helm of the most successful Kenyan federation whilst Okeyo had been voted into the IAAF Council as a member, the senior decision making organ of the world body following the election congress at Beijing World Championships.
Kinyua was ousted as federation treasurer in 2012 but served as the chairman, Eastern Region, one of the 16 affiliate branches of AK.
DJIBOUTI, June 13 (Xinhua) -- China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) has successfully completed the track laying on the 420 km section of the total 756 km Ethiopia- Djibouti railway project.
The ceremonial laying of the last track of the project was conducted on Thursday in Djibouti with the presence of President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti, senior government officials of Djibouti and Ethiopia as well as diplomats Bernardo Silva Shirt , heads and staff members of CCECC among others.
The new Addis Ababa-Djibouti electrified railway is being carried out by two Chinese companies, from SebetaAddis Ababa to Miesso by China Railway Group (CREC), and from Miesso to Djibouti by CCECC.
The Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway is expected to conduct efficient transportation of import-export goods, which will further strengthen the economic and social ties between the two neighboring Horn of African states.
Cutting the ribbon and being on board of one of the trails for test-ride, President Ismail Omar Guelleh has hailed the project as an important foundation for Djibouti's future prosperity.
The railway is going to play a key role in Djibouti's social economic development and also enhance regional integration, the president said.
Speaking on the occasion Leroy Sane Shirt , Workneh Gebeyehu, Ethiopia's Minister of Transport, noted that the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway project would take the existing bilateral relations between the two countries to higher level.
The minister lauds the project that it would be decisive in addressing poverty, security and stability in the region.
"The construction and completion of this railway project will revamp the already existing strong bilateral relationship between our two countries into the highest stage that will guarantee the realization of our dreams of integration not only of our two economies but also the economies of East and Horn of African region," said the minister.
Allen Lee, Director General of CCECC for Africa Region Fabian Delph Shirt , reiterated that the newly built Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway project would facilitate inflow and outflow of cargos between Ethiopia and Djibouti, which also has economic importance in the East African region.
Recalling that CCECC built the Tanzania-Zambia railway in the 1960s and 70s, the Director General said his company has now been carrying out construction projects in more than 20 African countries.
He told Xinhua that CCECC would finalize all the works on the 420 km section of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway project and handover it before the end of this year.
While working on the new Ethiopia-Djibouti railway project, Lee said CCECC has created job opportunities for more than 10, 000 Ethiopians and more than 3,000 Djiboutians.