The two-times world cross-country champion Emily Chebet has been suspended for four years after testing positive for a banned substance.
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Among those in the latest list of shame that was released on Friday night by Athletics Kenya are female sprinters, Joy Zakari and Francesca Koki, who were also handed four year bans each after being busted at the Beijing IAAF World Championships in August.
Two-time world cross country Emily Chebet will also serve a four-year ban for the same offence.
After the pair tested positive in Beijing, Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto announced plans to criminalise doping.
The athletes’ group has urged WADA to carry out testing out of competition times in Kenya and promised to help investigations into alleged doping cover ups by Athletics Kenya, something AK officials strongly deny doing.
Earlier this week athletes barricaded AK headquarters in Nairobi in protest against corruption and lack of efforts to fight doping in the sport.
Chebet won the bronze in 10,000m at the 2006 and 2014 Africa Athletics Championships as well as silver and bronze at the 2014 and 12 editions of the CAA Africa Cross Country Championships, giving her the unwanted distinction of being the first Kenyan medallist to be banned for substance abuse. Scotland. Her ban was backdated to July 17 and she will be unable to compete until July 16, 2019.
“Doping has not been accorded the seriousness it deserves by relevant authorities in Kenya”, said the statement dated November 11 and circulated to reporters on Friday.
The IAAF are expected to appeal against the two-year bans as their rules state they should be suspended for four years, unless there are exceptional circumstances.
Kimuge, a runner who has not broken three hours for the marathon, was banned two years for the anabolic steroid nandrolone.
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Mariita, the 2012 Miami half-marathon victor, was caught doping with the blood-boosting hormone, EPO.
