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Anti-doping lobbyists raid bogus clinics

Gold winner Eunice Sum of Kenya (C) poses with compatriots Janeth Jepkosgei (L) and Agatha Jeruto (R) following the women's 800 meter event during the 19th Senior Africa Championship Athletics on August 14, 2014 in Marrakesh. AFP PHOTO

Athletics Kenya’s ban on two athletes on Thursday came barely a day after various clinics were raided by anti-doping lobbyists.

On Wednesday, Anti-doping Agency of Kenya marshaled forces with the police, Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board (KMPDB), Ministry of Sports, Pharmacy and Poisons Board and regional anti-doping organisation raided a chemist in Nairobi’s central business district and Kapsabet town to flash out “conmen and unprofessional doctors from the trade.”

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