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Kenya Anti-Doping Agency launches campaign against doping

Former Olympic champion Dr. Kipchoge Keino and CEO Anti Doping Association of Kenya (ADAK) Japhter Rugut follow the session during Sports Cabinet Secretary Hassan Wario courtesy call to the Uasin Gishu County Government offices. Wario defended Kenyan athletes against cases of doping following an expose by a German TV and British newspaper. The CS later paid a visit to the Team Kenya Olympic Camp at the High Performance Training Centre in Eldoret. 12-07-2016. PHOTOS BY: KEVIN TUNOI

As reports tickled in that reigning Olympic and London marathon champion Jemima Sumgong has failed a drugs test, Kenya Anti-Doping Agency (ADAK) stepped up its campaign to educate athletes on the need to win clean.

ADAK has launched a campaign targeted at reaching over half a million sportsmen and not just athletes to fight the use of banned substances which now seem to be gaining root in Kenya.

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