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NAIROBI, Sept. 5-- Embattled National Olympic Committee-Kenya (NOCK) set Sept. 29 as the date for fresh polls with retired distance running icon, Paul Tergat, who looked set to ascend to the chairmanship unopposed, facing a new challenger. The local Olympic body that is under pressure from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to reform and clean house met in Nairobi on Tuesday to thrash out the schedule for new polls after the initial exercise on May 5 was stopped by a court order. Tergat, who officially launched his bid for the NOCK top seat in April, was set to become the successor to long-serving and retired Kenyan athletics legend, Dr. Kipchoge Keino, had the Elective Assembly gone on as early scheduled. However, Xinhua understands the chairman of Kenya Volleyball Federation, Waithaka Kioni, is being fronted to challenge the two-time Olympic men's 10000m silver medalist for the top seat by the tainted outgoing NOCK administration. This is due to the fact that some in the incumbency, with the support of dissenting voices among affiliate member federations, feel that the 'Team Change' line-up announced by Tergat has some individuals of dubious integrity. "He comes around as a man who promised to bring change. The major undoing is that there is baggage in his team. He should not impose some questionable characters in his team," a source who spoke in anonymity to a local website said. "He should have let people choose their preferred candidates. As things stand, he will not get it easy himself," the informant added. | 
