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"content": " Hon. Speaker, let me admit that other than the normal processes we go through to provide insurance when our teams are travelling out of the country, for example, right now we are taking our Under 19 Junior teams (boys and girls) to Spain at the end of this week, we have had to secure medical insurance for them. Other than those provisions and requirements that the FKF would be under the Confederation of African Football (CAF) club licensing regulations if you look at the CAF club licensing regulations, there are requirements for medical insurance and National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) for players. Other than that, we have really not had any robust, deliberate, intentional and structured plan to provide health insurance to our sportsmen and women. But I am glad to report that we are working on a composite Cabinet Memo for the welfare of sportsmen and women. It covers a wide range of issues: pension, endowment, health assurance, and travel (how our sportsmen and women travel. We are looking at the possibility of diplomatic passports in certain limited circumstances, how to take care of these athletes in retirement, and how to provide respectable housing, especially under the affordable housing framework to our sportsmen and women. The Cabinet Memo is going to provide us with an official policy framework to finally fix some of the challenges our sportsmen and women face that have never been fixed for 60 years of our Independence. I believe this is also going to be provided to this House because once the policy framework is ready, we have every intention of subjecting it to Hon. Members here for their input. When it comes, please give it your input."
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"content": "You will bring it as a sessional paper."
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"content": " Yes. We are preparing it in the form of a white paper that could progress all the way to the House. I thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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"content": "Hon. Irene, are you satisfied? I will allow you to ask a supplementary question."
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"content": " Yes, Hon. Speaker. Thank you for that. I just have a very quick supplementary question on what the Cabinet Secretary has been able to tell us about the policy paper, which I hope will be fast-tracked because we have already had situations of losing athletes, and we do not know the succession or the life insurance plans for them. I hope that is included. On the matter relating to the medical cover for the FKF, I am really curious to know if the Ministry checks on the status of compliance of particular football teams. The reason I ask that, and I know the Cabinet Secretary must be aware, is that we have instances of legendary footballers who had injuries in their line of duty, and currently, citizens are donating money The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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"content": "for them to be taken care of. My concern is the continuity plan and its status. Are you able to have a status report on the compliance of this club with the federation regulations? Thank you."
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"content": "Cabinet Secretary. There will be no joyriders here. We have come to the end."
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"content": " We have to admit that the scenario affecting our sportsmen and women has previously been really bad. Previously, we had never had a reward framework until this administration put in place a new rewards framework. Today, if you break a world record, we give you Ksh5 million. You win a gold medal, you know you have earned yourself Ksh3 million. Now, there is certainty. You know what you are competing for and what is available to you. We are now naming our facilities using the names of our sporting greats, and inducting them into a hall of fame. We have come a long way in providing a framework for sending a strong message that Kenyan sportsmen and women are a special breed of our population. They brand this country in a manner that we cannot quantify financially. Those two or three minutes someone takes to win an 800m Olympic gold medal, that moment when the Kenyan flag is rising in a foreign arena or that moment when the whole world is focused on this country, is invaluable in monetary terms. Previously, this country did not treat our sportsmen and women well. This administration is changing that in a deliberate, intentional, and structured fashion. One of the issues being reflected is the attention we are paying to issues like pensions. What happens to them after they retire? Also, issues like housing and healthcare. As we discuss the new framework for health insurance, we are initiating discussions with the Ministry of Health to have a special product for our sportsmen and women. We do not have the capabilities in all our health facilities to provide specialised attention to some life-changing injuries. The tools of the trade for our sportsmen and women are their body parts; their feet and arms. When they get an injury to their body, they are put out of life because that is their life. I assure this House that through the policy framework we are developing, we will fix the enforcement that Hon. Mayaka has mentioned. We will ensure that those who take responsibility, including federations and other sporting organisations, meet those responsibilities. We will enforce those obligations. I will go back to that framework because we believe we have done well. By having a good solid framework, we will solidify the interventions we are already making. Hon. Speaker, I submit."
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"content": "Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. As you leave, I would like to encourage you. You have just said what I was about to say, that our National Anthem is not often played in many international capitals, as it is done because of our athletes. When I was the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs, I anchored the role of our athletes in our foreign policy. This is cross-cutting and it is done by the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs. You can also engage them to ensure that all our world beaters and emerging athletes are provided with protocol services when they go out there. When our athletes break a world record or win a gold medal, every international media house draws interest in interviewing them. Some of them have either limited education or exposure. You should provide them with protocol and media services that can help them so that they can market the country more."
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