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AK reiterates commitment to fight doping, age cheating and GBV

Athletics Kenya President Jackson Tuwei (right) and National Assembly Sports and Culture Committee member Naomi Jillo Waqo (left) at Bunge Tower, Nairobi, on April 10, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Doping, gender-based violence (GBV), and age cheating dominated Thursday's Parliamentary Committee on Sports and Culture meeting with Athletics Kenya (AK) officials at Bunge Tower.

While most efforts have been put in the fight against doping, it has emerged that GBV and age cheating are slowly but surely becoming a menace in the most successful sport in the country.

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