WRC Safari Rally Kenya suspends Maxine Wahome

Maxine Wahome is no longer part of the Young Rally Stars program, World Rally Championships (WRC) Safari Rally Kenya has confirmed in a statement on Friday.

The national organization has been reviewing its relationship with Wahome who is in custody under suspicion pending murder charges against her.

She will be detained until Wednesday next week (March 15) when will be charged with the murder of her late ex-lover and fellow rally driver Assad Khan.

“Following recent legal developments concerning Maxine Wahome, the WRC Safari Rally Kenya has decided to release Maxine from further engagements in the Young Rally Stars program to deal with the legal developments,” Safari Rally Kenya said in the statement.

The institution is mandated to run the Word Rally Championship Kenya and related activities, including the Young Rally Stars Program to identify and nurture emerging talent in motorsports.

“WRC Safari Rally is committed to developing, nurturing and leveraging talent fairly and equitably,” the statement adds.

The promising driver won the WRC 3 category in last year's WRC Safari Rally and suspension from the program dents a huge blow on her career development.

She has been under investigation since December last year after Khan was admitted to hospital and later succumbed to injuries inflicted on the night of December 12.