They include Sylvia Brunlehner, Issa Mohammed and Steve Maina, who all competed at Glasgow 2014. 

They will be joined at Gold Cost, 2018, due to take place between April 4 and 15, by Emily Muteti and Maria Brunlehner, the sister of Sylvia.

But the omission of Rebecca Kamau has angered some sections of the swimming community.

There was a similar row when Kamau was not selected for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. 

The British-based swimmer was selected for the women's 100 metre breaststroke at last year's World Aquatics Championships in Budapest but has been overlooked for Gold Coast 2018. 

It has led to renewed calls from the parents of 18-year-old Kamau that the Kenyan Swimming Federation (KSF) is biased. 

The KSF have responded by claiming they were only allocated five places for Gold Coast 2018 by the National Olympic Committee of Kenya. 

"We have selected swimmers with the highest global swimming organisation FINA points," Reginald Okumu, a member of the KSF Interim Management Committee, said. 

"It is based on merit. 

"These are active swimmers who have been consistent in their competitions."

Kenya had 14 swimmers at Glasgow 2014 led by Olympian and former world record holder Jason Dunford, winner of the 50m butterfly at Delhi 2010 and a former world record holder. 

Kamau had also competed at Glasgow 2014.

All the swimmers failed to progress beyond the round of 16, including Dunford, however. 

"We hope to secure Kenya medals in Gold Coast," Okumu said. 

"We have a strong team [that] has done well on the global circuit and with best preparations we hope to do well.

Kenya's Mohammed has been based in the United States while the Brunlehner sisters Maria and Sylvia, have been training in Germany.