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Senate passes the Anti-Doping Bill; President Uhuru Kenyatta to assent to it.

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Joint National Assembly and Senate sitting when then Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete addressed both houses last year. [PHOTO: FILE]

Giving the bill the nod will rescue the country from the jaws of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) that had threatened to suspend Kenya from taking part in the Summer Olympics in Brazil.

Yesterday while hosting the triumphant Kenyan Sevens team at State House, President Uhuru promised to sign the bill into law today.

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