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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "possession of a prohibited substance or method and the administration or even the attempted administration of an athlete is in the Bill. Such issues like refusing, evading or failing to submit to sample collection and failure to file athlete’s whereabouts or missing doping tests will constitute violation in this issue of anti-doping. The Mover of the Bill had talked of the need for the entire world, including Kenya, to do the sport in a clean and ethical way. He talked of Kenya being a signatory to various international instruments. The most important is the Luciano Declaration, which is the one that set up the World Anti-Doping Agency. Therefore, as he said, this country took a very senior position of the vice presidency in the Conference of Parties. It will be very bad and unfair for this country not to be in the list of countries that have passed this anti-doping legislation yet we occupy such a senior position. As I said in my opening remarks, Kenya has been hugely successful for decades mostly in the middle and long-distance races. It remains a global leader on the track and in city marathons such as the New York Marathon and the London Marathon. It is very saddening to see some of our renowned athletes testing positive for these banned substances. I have a list of our own athletes who have been banned for testing positive for these banned substances. In the last three years, it is so surprising that about 40 of our athletes have been banned for doping. It is very embarrassing. They have been banned for using different substances and the penalties range from three months to four years. You can imagine an international athlete, even a gold medallist, being banned for four years. That kills the talent of that sports person as well as brings a lot of shame to this country. Clause 5 of the Bill establishes the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya while Clause 7 of the Bill enumerates the functions of the agency. The functions are so many, but I am interested in paragraph (b) which says:- “Create awareness in order to discourage the practice of doping in sport among the public and the sporting community in particular.” At times when our athletes test positive for the banned substances, they claim that they are not aware of the harm of the drugs they were given by their coaches. The enforcement of the prohibited activities is well enumerated in clauses 26 and 27 of the Bill. Clause 29 of the Bill provides for the appointment of anti-doping compliance officers. These officers, according to sub-clause 2)(b), will have police powers in exercise of their functions under this Act. Finally, the dispute resolution process is provided for under Clause 31. One can go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport or to our courts to get justice. With those few remarks, I beg to second."
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