Athletics.co.ke issued the following statement:
"Our source, a senior official at Athletics Kenya, said on condition of anonymity: "The information comes directly from senior AIU officials, the job is done. From this moment on, we are in their power and must prepare for the worst: suspension for at least two years, a maximum of three, so that we can put our house in order," he said.
A senior official said there are many elite athletes in the AIU's field of view. Soon they will be exposed, and this will be the end of their running career.
A meeting of the World Athletics council is scheduled in Rome next week, at which Kenya is likely to be discussed
According to the AIU, 55 athletes from Kenya have been suspended from participating in competitions. 17 have been sanctioned this year, with eight suspended and their cases pending.
Since 2018, Kenya has been among the four countries included in Category A — member federations, which, according to World Athletics, probably have systemic problems with doping. Along with Kenya, Ethiopia, Belarus and Ukraine got there.
On Thursday, the Kenyan Sports Ministry issued a statement acknowledging the "doping crisis" and said Sports Minister Ababu Namwamba had written a letter to World Athletics President Sebastian Coe and urged the governing body not to suspend Kenya.
The government has said it plans to allocate five million dollars annually over the next five years to fight doping, the Daily Nation newspaper reports