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World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) gives Kenya another month's grace

A woman walks into the head office for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in Montreal, November 9, 2015

Kenya has been handed a one-month extension to comply with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code and thereby avoid future sanctions, an official told Reuters on Thursday.

"We have been given a one-month extension by WADA...we are proceeding to Mombasa to consult with the Parliamentary Committee on Labour and Sports so that when the (new anti-doping) bill comes for a second reading ... we will be on the same page," said an Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) source.

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