Drug cheats taint Kenya’s sparkling image

What you need to know:

  • A record 15 athletes were caught cheating to achieve victory in major international races
  • Between 2004 and August last year, 138 Kenyan athletes tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
  • Kenya was almost barred from competing in the 2016 Rio Olympics in the aftermath of high-profile doping scandals before the government stepped in and promised to wipe out the vice.