Namwamba: Kenya needs assistance, not severe sanctions
Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba (left) talks to Athletics Kenya President Jack Tuwei at his Maktaba Kuu office in Nairobi on November 28, 2022.
Cabinet Secretary for Sports, Ababu Namwamba noted that what Kenya needed now was support and not suspension, adding that the country has scaled the war against doping by increased funding
World Athletics, Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) are set to meet Tuesday in Rome to review the world's doping status where Kenya will be on the agenda
Namwamba said that in his fruitful communication with World Athletics President Sebastian Coe in the past few weeks, he reiterated Kenya’s firm stand on zero tolerance against doping
The government has said that any action taken against Kenya by World Athletics concerning doping on Tuesday in Rome, Italy will be drastic and devastating but also unwarranted.
Cabinet Secretary for Sports, Ababu Namwamba noted that what Kenya needed now was support and not suspension, adding that the country has scaled the war against doping by increased funding.
