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ADAK under siege with budget cut off

The Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) work is under siege following the cut by government allocation in their budget.

Today, the ant-doping crusaders alleged that Kenya may be under threat of sanctions following the financial crisis that has slowed its operations in this financial year after the treasury cut the budget.

According to ADAK chairman Daniel Makdwallo, said that it has been difficult to conduct operations since there are no funds.

He alleged that the budget has been cut from Ksh 288 million to Ksh 20 million to cater for all its operations.

He added that ADAK cannot source funds from any other place since and it has to be solely funded by the government since it is one of the conditions to successfully run an anti-doping program in a country.

Meanwhile, he clarified that the $5 million that the government pledged for testing athletes for the next five years is still on but the funds were directed to strictly testing the athletes and not any other sports people from other disciplines

Makdwallo added that the main focus should be on allocating funds to raising the bar in infrastructure and the testing programs are also enhanced.

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