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    "content": "NOCK) did not procure tickets for them and, hence, they bought the tickets for themselves. That was the first issue. The second issue was on accreditation. Some officials complained on how accreditation was done, with many alleging of corruption in accreditation. The third was on uniforms. It was alleged that athletes were wearing mismatching uniforms during the opening ceremony and that they were provided with single uniforms, unlike athletes from other nations who had more and yet, most of the athletes were sponsored by Nike. Those were the first three allegations which were brought to the attention of the Committee. Having heard of those allegations, we arranged for meetings. The first meeting we had was with the members of the Committee who met with the Cabinet Secretary (CS) and Principal Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Sports, Culture and the Arts, together with other officials. In response to the allegations, the Ministry officials reiterated that they had procured tickets for all participants at the right time and distanced itself from accreditation and uniform issues citing that NOCK was responsible for the same. The Ministry indicated to us that they had procured tickets for all the athletes and whoever was claiming that he did not have tickets was not saying the truth. This is what the CS and his team claimed. We then had a meeting with NOCK. This happened when the delegation had the opportunity of visiting the Olympic Village, where our athletes were staying. What we realised there was that all the athletes that were participating in the Olympics were all accommodated at the Olympic village. Whatever facilities that were there were shared by all the teams, whether it was the American team, the Kenyan team or the Russian team. All of them were staying in one village, eating in the same dining hall, using the same gym and having the same medical facilities. So, within the village, the treatment of the athletes was the same. However, after that, we had a meeting with the NOCK officials led by the chef de"
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