Shadrack Maluki, president of the Kenya Judo Federation (KJF), has been elected as the new president of the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K).
Maluki secured 15 votes, defeating his only opponent, former secretary general Francis Mutuku, who garnered 12 votes.
Barnaba Korir, an executive Member of Athletics Kenya, has been elected as the first deputy president, serving under newly elected NOC-K president Shadrack Maluki.
Korir secured the position with 15 votes, narrowly defeating Anthony Ombok, who garnered 12 votes. Korir, who also holds the role of youth director at Athletics Kenya, was a prominent figure in Maluki’s “New Dawn Fresh NOC-K” campaign.
The second deputy president position was claimed by another ally of Maluki, Nahashon Randiek, who edged out Kenya Amateur Wrestling Association president Anthony Kariuki with 14 votes.
Maluki’s election is anticipated to mark a fresh chapter for the Committee, ending a period marked by internal wrangles and his prolonged rivalry with Mutuku, who had also sought the top seat.
The path to the elections was anything but smooth. The polls were twice postponed — first in April, due to unresolved disputes involving four federations over voting eligibility, and again in June, when the High Court in Eldoret suspended the election process.
Justice Reuben Nyakundi ruled in June that the elections be halted, pending the outcome of a legal challenge filed by Kenya Table Tennis Association (KTTA) chair Andrew Mudibo. Mudibo had contested the process after being barred from vying for secretary general. The Sports Disputes Tribunal (SDT) had disqualified him, citing that KTTA was not fully compliant with the Sports Act, 2013, at the time of its involvement in the NOCK electoral process.
