The athlete accused the office of corruption and switching athletes' results. She claimed that some athletes tested positive for banned substances; instead of being slapped with a suspension, they were given a warning. “There are athletes who are protected by the system, especially some members of the Men’s 4x400m relay team. Even if they test positive, they will not be suspended. There is money being paid here; corruption is high in that office. There is a need for an urgent investigation at the NADO office,” she said. Murangi said it seems like doping issues are no longer confidential because athletes learn about their results via social media before they come to them. She said it means there is a leak at the NADO office. Murangi argued that it was unfair for the results to be announced before the matter is concluded because that is damaging the image of an athlete who is already going through a lot, mentally. “I was surprised when I discovered that my sample took 15 days to arrive at the laboratory, while samples of other athletes that I was tested with took eight days.
There was no response from the NADO office,” Murangi said. In his response, NADO national coordinator, Fredrick Seno, told Sport Monitor that the allegations of switching results were false as reporting of results is only done by the lab on the Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS), which is used for different purposes such as doping control, athletes' whereabouts and athletes' biological passports. The results are uploaded on the system, and doping control officers (DCOs) will then upload information from the doping control form (the lab does not get the names of the athletes but codes from the sample bottles). The DCOs upload all the information from the athlete's name, sample code, date of birth, coach's name, doctor's name, among others. Seno explained that it was false because they had not given warnings to any athletes. "All athletes are treated and held to the same standards in line with the code. That is not true, and as indicated, there is no way I can do that because analysis and reporting of test results are only done by the lab. So, there is no way I can be paid to influence the results,” Seno said.
