Sports Cabinet Secretary, Ababu Namwamba, disclosed that the government arrested one of the suspects accused of sponsoring the doping of athletes.
Namwamba, while speaking to Citizen TV on Tuesday night, November 29, noted that the government is working hard to dismantle the cartels believed to be the sponsors of doping.
The Sports CS noted that Kenya is different from other nations as the vice is sponsored by individuals and not the state.
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"This menace is a cocktail of interest involving individual athletes, unscrupulous coaches and agents.
"We have just cracked this cartel, arrested and presented one of the ring leaders in court yesterday. We are determined to break this ring," Namwamba stated.
He also added that he had sent a letter to the World Athletics president, Lord Sebastian Coe, to inform him of the developments to curb the vice.
"Kenya needs support for our efforts to arrest this doping menace. we don't need to ban Kenya. I've communicated the same to Lord Sebastian Coe in my letter.
"We are putting in more resources, more money for anti-doping training and investigations," Namwamba added.
He also emphasised that Kenyan athletes win their races clean and his ministry will protect the image of its athlete.
"Doping in Kenya is not state-sponsored. Unlike other nations, this is the work of a cartel ring that we are determined to dismantle. Kenya's image as a sporting nation is a premium brand. Everyone knows we compete and win cleanly. We can't allow this to be taken away from us," Namwamba stated.
The CS, in a past presser, expressed his confidence in Kenya avoiding a possible ban by the World Athletics despite the rise in the number of doping offences.
Officials of the World Athletics will Kenya's doping scandal in Rome, Italy, during the council meeting slated for November 30, 2022.
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