Kenya is set to be declared in breach of global anti-doping rules,putting world class athletes at risk of missing August's Olympic Games in Rio.
Kenya, one of the major forces in world athletics, has already missed two World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) deadlines to show it is tackling cheating in sport.
Now Wada is expected to rule the country 'non-compliant' when its board meets in Montreal.
After a series of drugs and corruption scandals, Kenya had been warned to comply with Wada's rules or face sanctions.
Last month, it finally passed legislation that created a new national anti-doping agency, with President Uhuru Kenyatta personally driving the new law through.
It was widely assumed that the measure would satisfy Wada.
However, it can now be revealed that Wada's compliance committee has recommended that Kenya should be declared in breach of its code.
The Wada board is expected to accept that recommendation.
It will now be up to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) or sport's international federations to decide whether to ban Kenyan athletes from the Rio Games or any other competitions.
They could come under pressure to do so, amid an unprecedented doping crisis and mounting concern over the country's lack of action against cheating.
In November, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) banned the country's track and field athletes from international competition following allegations of systemic state-sponsored cheating.
The IAAF, which governs world athletics, will decide on Russia's possible reinstatement in Vienna on 17 June.
In February, the BBC revealed Kenya had missed a deadline to pass a law establishing a new national anti-doping agency so that more testing could take place.
Wada placed it on a 'watch-list' of nations at risk of breaching its code and gave it until 5 April to comply, with IAAF president Lord Coe threatening Kenya with a ban if it did not pass the bill into law.
Kenya missed that second deadline, too, but was then given until 12 May to make its national agency operational.
Last month, Kenya finally passed the crucial legislation.