67 Kenyan athletes — mainly distance runners — have been banned in the past five years for drugs offences
It is 8pm and amateur teams of youngsters drawn from one of Nairobi’s toughest slums are locked in a five-a-side soccer match.
They were the pride of Kenya, but the country’s athletics community could not escape the worst of the post-election tribal violence after disputed December polls. While two runners perished in the Rift Valley crucible of hate, there have also been allegations that stars past and present helped fund the New Year spree of inter-ethnic killings.