The committee to investigate doping
allegations against Kenyan athletes will be
unveiled on Monday.
The probe has been prompted by the
World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada). The
agency gave Kenya uintil the end of this
month to develop a report after the
number of athletes found to have been
using banned substances had risen from
two between 2010 and 2012 to 17
between January and September this
year.
Cabinet secretary for sports, arts and
culture, Hussein Wario said they had
received the directive to form the inquiry
committee but several factors has
contributed to the delay.
“We are still within time,” said Wario.
“Forming such a committee is not an easy
undertaking. We needed time to identify
people to seat in the committee and as
well make sure they are the right
people,” he added.
“We were also not working alone on this.
We have to also involve the office of the
Attorney General. There are so many
procedures to be observed.”
Wario added there is also the budgetary
challenge since this committee will have
to do their investigations by researching
far and wide and this will definitely come
at a price.
“We are not only dealing with this issue
alone,” said Wario adding “there are many
things involved which need be taken
seriously.”
Last week, it was revealed Kenya faces
censure from the International Olympics
Committee for failure to cooperate with
Wada.
The Kenyan doping issue is expected to
dominate Wada’s conference on doping in
sport in Johannesburg later this month.
Athletics Kenya president Isaiah Kiplagat
said it was the ministry which was
contributing to the anxiety after failing to
comply with the Wada directive.
“They (ministry) were supposed to form a
committee and as we are speaking, the
information we have is that names of
committee members are with the
Attorney General awaiting gazzetement,”
Kiplagat said last week.
“We have, on our part fully cooperated
with Wada, knowing that we have already
banned some athletes who have been
found culpable.”