National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) President Paul Tergat has reiterated the importance of both local and international sports stakeholders working together to promote integrity within Kenya’s sporting landscape.

Speaking in reference to the doping menace that Kenya is currently grappling with, Tergat expressed optimism that recent efforts by the state and Athletics Kenya (AK) to collaborate with the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) was bound to bear fruit and return the country to its former athletics glory void of the doping scandals.

While welcoming AIU Head Brett Clothier, who is currently in the country for a working tour with AK, Tergat extended his appreciation to the integrity unit for the sublime work it is doing towards eradicating doping in athletics.

“This fight is for all of us and we need to stand together and attack it from all fronts. As NOC-K, we are in full support of initiatives that allow for the achievement of fair play on the field,”said Tergat on Tuesday at a breakfast meeting organised by AK.  

On his part, Clothier lauded initiatives undertaken by the Kenyan government to tame doping in sports including the state allocating Ksh.658 million (USD 5 million) to boost the fight against the vice locally.

AK board chairman of anti-doping Barnabas Korir and Executive Member Charlotte Kurgoy, who heads the anti-doping unit at AK, both attended the breakfast meeting.