Adak CEO Shibutse sent on compulsory leave

Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya's (ADAK )chief executive officer, Sarah Shibutse has been sent on compulsory leave.

According to a statement sent to newsrooms on Thursday, the agency's board sent Ms Shibutse on a 90-day compulsory leave for failing to ensure financial accountability at the institution.

"The board noted that on diverse dates within the 2023/2024 Financial Year, you failed to honour procurement obligations of the agency and/or authorised unsupported payments contrary to the Public Finance Management Act 2012 and Public Procurement and Disposal Act 2015, and the attendant regulations.

This omission has occasioned a raft of pending bills that ought not to be there in the first place," the statement, signed by chairman of ADAK's board, Bishop Joseph Kagunda, said.

At the same time, the board has appointed Ms Peninah Wahome, the Director of Compliance at the agency, as acting chief executive officer.

Established by the Anti-Doping Act 2016, ADAK is charged with leading a coordinated national anti-doping education, awareness campaign, testing and promotion of integrity for doping-free sport in Kenya.

It is guided by the Anti-Doping Act 2016, and the World Anti-Doping Code. 

On September 17, ADAK officials said the agency's activities risked grinding to a halt due to  lack of adequate funding.

At the time, the agency said the government had cut its funding from Sh298 million to Sh20 million in the 2024/2025 Financial Year.