Shadrack Maluki (R) with outgoing NOCK president Paul Tergat// HANDOUT
Shadrack Maluki, Kenya Judo Federation boss, is the new president of the National Olympic Committee.
Maluki narrowly defeated outgoing secretary general Francis Mutuku in elections held Monday morning at the Ole Sereni Hotel in Nairobi.
Maluki, who previously served as NOCK’s first vice president, garnered 15 votes from the 27 federations represented, edging out Mutuku, who received 12 votes.
In the race to replace Maluki as first vice president, Barnaba Korir, the Athletics Kenya youth development chair, emerged victorious with 15 votes, defeating Anthony ‘Jamal’ Ombok, the Kenya Boxing Federation president, who polled 12.
The second vice president position went to Nashon Randiek of the Kenya Hockey Union. Randiek secured 14 votes, narrowly beating outgoing treasurer Anthony Kariuki, who received 13 votes.
John Ogola was elected secretary general unopposed, while in one of the tightest races of the day, Francis Karugu edged Olympian Humphrey Kayange by a single vote — 14 to 13 — to become deputy secretary general.
In another close contest, Fred Chege defeated Moses Mbuthia by 14 votes to 13 to clinch the position of treasurer.
The post of assistant treasurer was filled without contest after the death of Paul Otula, leaving Charles Mose to take the seat unopposed.
The newly elected NOCK team is expected to steer the organisation through the next Olympic cycle, with a focus on athlete development, transparency, and enhancing Kenya’s performance on the global stage
