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Eldoret court charges ADAK imposter

Thomas Kipyatich Kiptoo

Thomas Kipyatich Kiptoo, alias Ali Thamer Kamam, alias Thomas Kiprotich, when he appeared at an Eldoret Law Courts in Uasin Gishu County on November 28, 2022 charged with impersonating as an Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK), officer to defraud an athlete found to have doped, a total of Ksh546,700 promising to help him terminate his anti-doping rule violation.


Photo credit: Jared Nyataya | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Thomas Kipyatich Kiptoo alias Ali Thamer Kamal had promised to help Paul Kipchumba Lonyangata to terminate the Anti-doping case that he is facing following his suspension by ADAK in February this year
  • He has been charged with eight charges of impersonating and obtaining money by false pretence
  • Kipyatich was on Monday charged with falsely pretending to be an employee of Anti- Doping Agency contrary to section 382 of Criminal Procedure Code (CPC)


A trader of Kenyan-Ugandan nationality has been charged in an Eldoret court with impersonating an employee of Anti Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) promising to help an athlete serving a 19-month ban to terminate his case after he was accused of doping.

Thomas Kipyatich Kiptoo alias Ali Thamer Kamal, who had promised to help Paul Kipchumba Lonyangata to terminate the Anti-doping case that he is facing following his suspension by ADAK in February this year, has been charged with eight charges of impersonating and obtaining money by false pretence.