Confusion about the future of the NOCK elections has continued recently. 

The NOCK and Kenya Taekwondo Association (KTA) initially announced they had reached an agreement to drop a case which had been preventing elections, first due to be held on May 5, taking place. 

Another order was then filed by the Ministry of Sport and Sports Registrar, the body which regulates national governing bodies in Kenya, opposing this decision.

It had initially been thought that this would delay the elections once again, something which would have risked the NOCK being suspended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). 

But, while the KTA case has now been adjourned by the High Court until October 17, this is now not expected to affect the holding of the NOCK election.

The KTA will be excluded from participating in this ballot unless they manage to resolve their own leadership dispute separately from the court case beforehand.

Tergat, the former marathon world record holder, is the only candidate bidding to replace double Olympic gold medallist Kipchoge Keino as chairman.

The 77-year-old Keino has been chairman of NOCK since 1999. 

"So long as there are no more delays to the current process, we are hopeful of holding elections by early September," Tergat told insidethegames here at the International Association of Athletics Federations World Championships.

If elected, Tergat is keen to utilise the "wisdom and experience" of Keino and other longstanding officials, but believes it is time for a new generation to take over.

The 48-year-old is a five-time world cross country champion and double Olympic silver medallist, whose marathon world record of 2 hours 04min 55sec stood from 2003 until 2007. 

Changing the image of the NOCK would be his priority, he vowed, in order to encourage sponsors to return to the fold. 

"I would immediately hold consolidated meetings with everyone," Tergat, a member of the IOC, told insidethegames.

"I will hold one on one meetings with all Federations in an attempt to forge unity.

"I would encourage an open policy in which people could ring me at any time.

"We are living in different times and we need new ideas and a new approach.

"Sport is losing when we put our personal interests above sport.

"I will work with the Government and sports bodies to change the image of the NOC."

The NOCK has been in crisis since it was disbanded by the country's Sports Minister Hassan Wario following Rio 2016.

Officials were accused of accommodation and travel mishaps in the Brazilian city, including the "mishandling of accreditation" and kits allegedly never reaching athletes.

A road-map towards a new constitution and elections was introduced by the IOC last year but has suffered repeated delays.

A NOCK General Assembly meeting at the beginning of March ended in deadlock after an Executive Board-supported majority voted against new statutes, despite an IOC demand that they must be approved.

IOC patience appeared close to breaking point, with the organisation then "putting on hold all payments of subsidies to the NOCK".

This was followed by further delays after the High Court order in May.

Keino was ruled ineligible to stand after proving unable to find a National Federation to propose him.