Nairobi: Kenya's Olympic athletics team manager Michael Rotich has been arrest at Nairobi's international airport after being sent home from the Rio Games.

He is being investigated after allegations surfaced that he asked for up to £10,000 ($17,000) in return for information regarding anti-doping investigations.

Kenya Olympics Athletic team manager Michael Rotich arrives at a Milimani court, Kenya, where he is facing doping allegations. Credit:AP

A report in London's Sunday Times newspaper alleged he requested money to let undercover journalists, posing as athlete representatives, know when drugs testers would come calling.

The Kenyan team expelled him on Sunday, and he was arrested on Tuesday at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport as he arrived back from Brazil.