Kenyan parliament member and 2012 Boston Marathon champion Wesley Korirannounced via Twitter today that he will be introducing a bill in parliament to criminalize doping in Kenya. His announcement comes in the aftermath of the revelation that one of the country’s best marathoners, Rita Jeptoo, has tested positive for EPO.

Limited by Twitter’s 140 character cutoff, Korir wrote, “Will be introducing a bill in parliament to criminalize doping in Kenya to both athletes, agents, or doctors that assist athletes dope.”

He followed up by saying, “If the bill passes, the athlete will be forced by law to give up the source of drugs or face jail time and will be fined and [banned] for life.” Korir noted that he will be meeting with a new athletes group, PAAK Kenya Sports Association, to discuss the proposal this weekend.

Korir’s news follows the announcement yesterday that the German Minister of the Interior, Thomas de Maizière, and the Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection, Heiko Maas, have proposed a law under which professional athletes caught using performance-enhancing drugs in Germany, whether they are German or not, would face up to three years in prison. The law, if passed, would also apply to doctors and coaches who aided the cheating.

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