Exclusive:Kenyan anti-doping law to impose stiff jail terms, heavy fines


Athletes run during a training session near the town of Iten in western Kenya, November 12, 2015. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyans convicted of doping offences will face at least three years in prison and heavy fines under a draft law to be submitted to parliament, the chairman of a government-backed anti-doping task force told Reuters.

Under the bill, anyone caught possessing, stockpiling or distributing banned substances could instead be fined up to 1 million shillings ($9,830), more than seven times average per capita income in Kenya.

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