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Rio Olympics 2016: Kenyan president signs anti-doping bill to avoid Olympics ban

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta leaves the Elysee Palace in Paris, France

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta signed into law an anti-doping bill required to avoid a ban from the Rio Olympics of a nation famed for its runners, the president's office said on Wednesday.

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Video from the president's office showed Kenyatta at State House signing the bill, flanked by senior government officials and sportsmen and women.

The law, demanded by the World Anti-Doping Agency, in a country with a history of middle and long-distance running excellence, but which has been tainted by several doping cases in the recent past.

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