BRITAIN is not the only country wringing its hands over its performance at the Olympics. The Kenyan government plans to set up an independent commission to determine why its athletes won only one gold medal in Atlanta, the worst return since 1984.
“We must go back to the drawing board and find the root cause of all our woes,” said Nyiva Mwende, the cultural and social services minister.
Several key members staged a five-hour sit-in at the airport baggage area when the team arrived back in Nairobi last Saturday after they were told they would have to pay duties on electrical equipment purchased in the United States.
They complained that customs officials were punishing them for the team’s poor showing.
In 1988 and 1992 duties were not required.