Ferdinand Omanyala, 26, known as the fastest
African man, was scared he was not going to compete in
the week’s World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Ore.
The African holder for Kenya, one of the fastest runners
of all times, was supposed to fly to the United States for a
hundred-meter race. But with barely any time before
Friday evening’s start he, had yet to receive a U.S. visa
without knowing he could be barred for a competition that
might be essential to his legacy! The document arrived the
day before the 100-meter race.
-The visa films were confidential by law, Andrew
Veviors, a spokesman for the I.S. Embassy in Nairobi, had
wrote in a WhatsApp message to post on Saturday.
“Therefore we cannot discuss the detailed of individual
visa cases,” he said.
George Kinoti, the director of the office, told the local
reporters on Friday that the government ministry asked
him to investigate all allegations for bribery and inclusion
of non-officials – so called “joyriders” – on the list of
travelers for the trip. Officials from that ministry’s
department of sport rejected the claims, news site
Nation Africa had Been reported.
Would Athletics and the organizing committee for the
event in Oregon would with participant around the world
help resolve visa issues, but 20 athletes or officials had
their applications refused, according to a statement sent
to The Post.
Dennis Kiogora, a founder of the Kenya Airlift
Program, explained that most students in his program
could not secure visas ahead of a September start date.
Allan Ngaruiya, 32 and a participant in the Airlift
Program, wont be able to start his studies in the spring,
He has said that his sponsor withdrew funding for his
studies because of visa issues.
African man, was scared he was not going to compete in
the week’s World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Ore.
The African holder for Kenya, one of the fastest runners
of all times, was supposed to fly to the United States for a
hundred-meter race. But with barely any time before
Friday evening’s start he, had yet to receive a U.S. visa
without knowing he could be barred for a competition that
might be essential to his legacy! The document arrived the
day before the 100-meter race.
-The visa films were confidential by law, Andrew
Veviors, a spokesman for the I.S. Embassy in Nairobi, had
wrote in a WhatsApp message to post on Saturday.
“Therefore we cannot discuss the detailed of individual
visa cases,” he said.
George Kinoti, the director of the office, told the local
reporters on Friday that the government ministry asked
him to investigate all allegations for bribery and inclusion
of non-officials – so called “joyriders” – on the list of
travelers for the trip. Officials from that ministry’s
department of sport rejected the claims, news site
Nation Africa had Been reported.
Would Athletics and the organizing committee for the
event in Oregon would with participant around the world
help resolve visa issues, but 20 athletes or officials had
their applications refused, according to a statement sent
to The Post.
Dennis Kiogora, a founder of the Kenya Airlift
Program, explained that most students in his program
could not secure visas ahead of a September start date.
Allan Ngaruiya, 32 and a participant in the Airlift
Program, wont be able to start his studies in the spring,
He has said that his sponsor withdrew funding for his
studies because of visa issues.
