The country went to the polls on Aug. 8 to elect the president, governors, senators, members of parliament, women representatives and members of the county assembly in an election that was a hotly contested.

In 2017, Kenya won the overall title during the championships that were held in Beijing after bagging seven gold medals, six silver medals and three bronze medals ahead of second-placed Jamaica and the U.S. in third position.

Nairobi-based sports scientist, Bernard Migo, says that matters have been made worse with the country only having only three journalists, all from one media house to cover the event.

"This has limited the space for giving the Kenyan perspective during the championships. In the past event, TV stations would send journalists to cover the extravaganza, but this time all the cameras and personnel were deployed to report about the elections," Migo noted.

"The state of affairs has reduced the public attachment to the games where only few of their athletes are featured," he remarked.

The global games end on Sunday whereas presidential election results are expected any time soon, after which it will be too late to revert to the games.

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