{"id":19977,"date":"2020-12-30T19:57:15","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T19:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=19977"},"modified":"2020-12-30T19:57:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T19:57:15","slug":"kenyan-athletes-receive-major-boost-after-senate-passes-anti-doping-bill-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/kenyan-athletes-receive-major-boost-after-senate-passes-anti-doping-bill-2020","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan athletes receive major boost after Senate passes Anti-Doping Bill 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Kenyan athletes received a major boost after the Senate unanimously passed the Anti-Doping Amendment Bill 2020 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Bill will put into place an enhanced results management system for Anti-Doping rule violations. Once assented into law by President Uhuru Kenyatta, doping athletes will\u00a0face punitive measures including jail terms.<\/p>\n<p>It will harmonise the Anti-Doping Act of 2016 with the 2021 World Anti-Doping Code and Regulations to which Kenya is a party to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an important Bill for this nation because if we are deprived of the ability to run, we will be nowhere on the world map.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs lawmakers, we have a responsibility of ensuring this Bill becomes Law immediately,\u201d said Kisii Senator Prof Sam Ongeri on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgents who hold these children like guinea pigs using them for self-gain. They are the ones when they realise an athlete is losing their power, start introducing enhancement drugs to continue winning races and sports and generating income,\u201d Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>Sports Cabinet Secretary Amb Amina Mohamed\u00a0in July said Kenya would pass legislation to criminalise doping offences.<\/p>\n<p>With Kenya&#8217;s doping cases increasing sharply in the last five years, CS Amina added the country was determined to end the vice and have athletes win clean on the global stage.<\/p>\n<p>She also warned foreign and local agents and coaches against influencing the younger athletes to dope by exploiting their ignorance.<\/p>\n<p>Current Kenyan law stipulates a jail term of up to three years for support staff found guilty in connection with doping, but not for athletes.<\/p>\n<p>From 2004 to August 2018, 138\u00a0Kenyan athletes tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs, according to a WADA report published in September 2018.<\/p>\n<p>With their high number of dopers, Kenya was placed under category A on the list of countries being watched together with Nigeria, Ethiopia, Bahrain, Morocco, Ukraine and Belarus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: Kenyan athletes received a major boost after the Senate unanimously passed the Anti-Doping Amendment Bill 2020 on Tuesday. 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