NAIROBI, (Reuters) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has approved new laws to regulate doping in Kenyan athletics, officials in the East African country said on Thursday. Kenya, bombarded by allegations of doping with up to 40 cases reported in the past four years, is hoping that the IAAF will remove it from the list of non-compliant nations before this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
“WADA has approved amendments to Anti-Doping Act with no additional comment. Next step is Presidential assent and thereafter Kenya is set for full compliance with the WADA Code,” Sports Minister Hassan Wario said on Twitter. Wario and Richard Ekai, the highest civil servant in Kenya's Ministry of Sports, Culture and Arts, visited WADA headquarters in Montreal, Canada this week to ensure the anti-doping laws legislated by Kenya's parliament last month were compliant with the WADA code.
