Last month disgraced official Stephene Arap Soi had claimed he was the Chef de Mission.

Now, newly-appointed National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) President Paul Tergat has announced that Tuwei, a retired lieutenant-general and President of Athletics Kenya, will take up the role for the Games, due to take place between April 4 and 15. 

Tuwei's deputy will be Maina Kamau, Kenya's Acting Commissioner of Sports. 

"Previously it used to be the [NOCK] Executive Board members who were taking up these positions and when I came in I said things must change," Tergat told Capital Sport in Nairobi after the NOCK's first Board meeting since he was appointed to replace Kipchoge Keino as chairman last month. 

"We have to give these federations management positions in the team because they know more about these athletes and will do a better job," 

Shadrack Maluki, chairman of the Kenya Judo Association and first vice-chairman of NOCK, was appointed as general team manager for Gold Coast 2018.

His deputy will be Paul Otula, the former chairman of the Kenyan Basketball Federation. 

Kenya Swimming Federation’s Winnie Kamau will be in charge of managing the women’s team.

Paul Rwambo, deputy treasurer of NOCK, will be Kenya’s chief medical officer.

Soi had claimed to the High Court in Nairobi last month that he had been appointed as Kenya's Chef de Mission for Gold Coast 2018. 

He had been charged after last year's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where he was also Chef de Mission, with stealing $256,000 (£190,000/€215,000) from Government and the NOCK and Athletics Kenya meant for the athletes’ and officials’ stay at the Games.

As part of the investigation, he had to surrender his passport but it was returned to him by the High Court so he could attend the Chef de Missions seminar organised by Gold Coast 2018 last week.

Kenya finished ninth overall at the last Commonwealth Games in 2014 in Glasgow.

They won a total of 25 medals, including 10 gold.