President Uhuru Kenyatta has now made it clear that those who breach the law will be punished without fear of favour.
He said this on Friday at Statehouse, Nairobi, when he signed the Anti-Doping Bill into law.
The president called on Kenyan athletes to safeguard the hard- earned reputation as sportsmen and women of the highest stature through hard work over the years.
“That reputation has been earned diligently through the exertion and effort, sweat and sacrifices of many hardworking men and women,” he said.
He said the law will not only apply to individually athletes and players but to teams too.
The President did not spare the FKF either, which was recently accused of picking up over age players which led to Kenya being thrown out of the African Cup of Nations qualifiers.
“This kind of issue is simply unacceptable for a federation of its calibre, and let us not sugar-coat it, it is cheating. It is breaking the rules. And if the federation does not know the rules, then that is carelessness,” he said.
Deputy President William Ruto said the new law is very important as it is an instrument that will make sure Kenyans sportsmen and women compete and win fairly without suspicion.
Also present were the speaker of the National Assembly, Justin Muturi, leader of Majority, Aden Duale and members of the Parliamentary Committee on sports.