Vitalis Gode will not be defending his post at the Kenya Basketball Federation president during the national elections set for 23rd January. The electi0ns will start from the branches to serve for next four years January 4th across the country where two delegates will vote at the national elections. The long serving Gode indicated that […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed the Anti-Doping Amendment Bill into law. The new law amends the Anti-Doping Act of 2016 to align Kenya’s legislative framework with the 2021 World Anti-Doping code and regulations. The new anti-doping law also ensures the continued participation of Kenyan athletes in local, regional and international competitions in line with the […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta is set to sign into the Anti-Doping (Amendment) Bill 2020, complying with the 2021 World Anti-Doping Code. This is after the Senate, in a special sitting held Tuesday, concurred with the National Assembly and approved the Bill without amendments, paving the way for Presidential assent. Senators who contributed to the debate on […]
There was no drama in the senate today as the senators passed the Anti-Doping (Amendment) Bill 2020 that is set to be assented to by President Uhuru Kenyatta. The Bill, if signed into law, will see doping athletes subjected to jail terms. This comes t a time when World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) had warned Kenya […]
Nandi Senator Samson Cherargey, Wajir Senator ali Abdullahi and Nominated Senator Rose Nyamunga have pleaded with the government to exempt athletes competing abroad from double taxation. In today’s contribution in the senate on the Anti-Doping Bill, urged President Uhuru Kenyatta to reconsider the thorny issue among athletes. He said that it is so painful when […]
Kenyan government has criminalized doping in the country after the Members of Parliament, the national Assembly complied with the Unesco convention after passing the Anti-Doping (Amendment) Bill 2020. This is the purpose of the amending is to align the Anti-Doping Act to the Code and the current code was ratified in 2015, which is due […]
With Kenya set to host the International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Junior Championship, six nations have so far confirmed their participation. The tournament set to be kick off on January 18th to January 6th at the Nairobi Club has attracted countries like Turkey, India, France South Africa, Great Britain, Italy, Belgium, France, USA, Denmark, Canada, […]
Kenya retained the Mombasa Open Tong-IL Moo-Do International Martial Arts Championship that came to a close today at Aga Khan Academy. The hosts bagged 104 points to win the title for the eighth year running as the championship in the two day event, which attracted 10 nations. Kenya secured 32 gold, 31 silver and 41 […]
Kenya’s dominance continued today as they head to retain their annual Mombasa Open Tong-IL Moo-Do International Martial Arts Championships with 52 medals. For the last eight years, Kenya has been winning the crown following their dominance in the last two days of action at Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa. According to Daily Nation, so far, Kenya […]
New Africa Magazine has named world marathon record holder Brigid Kosgei and world 10,000m record holder Joshua Cheptegei as the Most Influential Persons in 2020. The reigning London marathon champion Kosgei and world 10,000m champion Cheptegei were among the 100 prominent persons listed by NewAfrica magazine as the influential Africans of 2020 due to their […]