Let's learn from narrow escape and stop doping eliminate doping

There are fears that more doping cases could emerge. [iStockphoto]

Kenyan sports fraternity endured the longest six days from Thursday to Wednesday, last week. The country was staring at a doping ban from international competitions. Luckily, it never came to pass after World Athletics President Lord Sebastian Coe ruled it out, saying Kenya had made impressive strides against doping.

We applaud the government's decision to engage World Athletics and commit an additional Sh619 million annually to the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (Adak) to step up tests, investigations and bolster comprehensive programmes already in place.