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    "content": "the Government in the regulation of doping and anti-doping activities. There was an inclusion of the Attorney General in one of the structures in the agency. The argument by the WADA is that sports federations should be free from government interference. For example, many of us know that FIFA, in terms of football, demands that the Government must stay out of football federations, so that they are independent and become regulators. They are only answerable to FIFA itself. The same concept is being used here; that the Attorney General has no business to sit in the agency, because he is a functionary of the Government. There is need, therefore, to remove the Attorney General. That is one of the sticking points. There were also missing definitions, where a word appears in the definition clause and there is no substantive definition or you go to the text and find the words “This word means as described in Section 2.” However, when you go to section 2, that definition is not there. That is one area where we need to align ourselves. There are a few changes about the tribunal and its powers. The other substantive change is with regard to Section 41. There are new sections inserted after Section 41 where, for example, the Kenya Anti-Doping Agency is empowered to bind every person to the anti-doping rules. The use of the word ‘person’ includes both the natural person and the juristic person. There is also an obligation thereunder for every person to report violations of anti-doping rules. In the case of the national sports federation, they should report to the international federation, while any other person is bound to report to the local agency, in this case, the Kenya Anti-Doping Agency. The other addition at the tail-end of the amendment Bill is the expansion of the nomenclature or typology of the prohibited conduct by sportspeople, in other words, what amounts to violation of anti-doping rules. They have expanded that a bit in line with the WADA anti-doping rules and most importantly, the UNESCO Convention against doping in sports. I would like to give my colleagues time to ventilate as we wait for the Committee to look at the Bill and help us pass this legislation. Once again, I thank my colleagues for showing courage and great determination to solve this national problem. Going forward, this is a law we will keep on improving. I do not think there is any hidden card anywhere by any Kenyan on this matter. This is something that should be dealt with in a straightforward manner. I hope that we will finish this agenda within the day because I know that after Madaraka Day some Senators may want to stay out there and do county work. That notwithstanding, I believe that we will do a good job. With those few remarks, I beg to move and request Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. to second on behalf of the Opposition."
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