KRU, Adak to hold anti-doping webinar

Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) Chairman Oduor Gangla addresses journalists at the RFUEA grounds on May 24, 2019.

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What you need to know:

  • This session will be facilitated by the Adak Director of Anti-Doping Education and Research Agnes Mandu together with Anti-Doping educators Charles Omondi, Walter Omwenga and Ronney Sumba
  • In June this year, Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed said they will pass legislation to criminalise doping offences, which have tainted Kenya's reputation



Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) in partnership with the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (Adak) has lined up anti-doping webinars on August 14 and August 21 to sensitise its affiliates.

The Union says the first session will feature presentations around the entire anti-doping program, doping control process, anti-doping violations and list of prohibited substances.

This session will be facilitated by the Adak Director of Anti-Doping Education and Research Agnes Mandu together with Anti-Doping educators Charles Omondi, Walter Omwenga and Ronney Sumba.

The second session covers Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE), food supplements and nutrition, whereabouts information and consequences of doping. This session will be facilitated by Anti-Doping educators Simon Mwangi, Dr Festus Kiplamai, Martin Yauma and Tim Ngugi.

These sessions will also be streamed live on Kenya Rugby Union’s Facebook page.

In June this year, Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed said they will pass legislation to criminalise doping offences, which have tainted Kenya's reputation.

A report published by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) in 2018 put the number of Kenyan athletes who had doped since 2004 at 138. Most of the culprits have been in athletics.