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Big war on drugs: Kenya partners with global anti-doping agencies to stem the vice

Cabinet Secretary Sports, Culture and Arts Dr Hassan Wario is flanked by Principal Secretary Richard Ekai, right and Director General CHINADA during a three day antidoping workshop in Nairobi on Wednesday, January 28th, 2015. PHOTO/JONAH ONYANGO.

Stung by the high doping cases, the Kenyan government through the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Arts has now partnered with various international bodies to stem the vice.

While addressing the Press at the beginning of a three-day anti-doping seminar at Ole Serani Hotel in Nairobi, Sports Cabinet Secretary Hassan Wario said he was confident the newly gazetted Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (Adak), which will be fully operational from next month, will learn a lot from the experiences of Anti-Doping Norway (ADN) and China Anti-Doping Agency (CHINADA).

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