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Tanzania Parliament ratifies convention against doping in sport

Xinhua, June 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

Tanzania's Parliament has ratified the International Convention against Doping in Sport, sending a strong message to the east African nation's athletes against using performance enhancing drugs to win in competitions.

Nape Nnauye, the country's Minister for Information, Culture, Arts and Sports, told Parliament in Dodoma on Monday that Tanzania was the last country to ratify the convention among member states of the East African Community (EAC).

Other EAC members are Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. South Sudan which joined the regional bloc recently was also yet to ratify the convention.

The International Convention against Doping in Sport is a multilateral treaty that was adopted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2005 by which states agreed to adopt national measures to prevent and eliminate drug doping in sport.

By ratifying the convention, Tanzania stands to benefit in a number of ways including instilling a culture of merited competition in the minds of the country's sportsmen.

It also gives Tanzania chance to protect the health of its sportsmen/sportswomen which would otherwise be in danger due to the use of performance enhancing drugs.

"Tanzania also stands a chance of participating in various international training programmes, conferences, meetings and workshops on how to win the battle against doping in sports," said Nnauye.

He said that six African countries were yet to ratify the convention, which include the Central African Republic, Guinea Bissau, Mauritania, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone and South Sudan. Endit