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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me bring to the attention of the Member for Ndhiwa and the House generally that I have made some annexures to my responses. So, information for some of the issues that have been raised here is provided in the annexures. I particularly refer to Annexure (b) that talks to the work that we are doing in the space of innovation because that is part of our Talanta Hela initiative and part of promoting youth creativity and entrepreneurship. I also have Annex (c) which provides youth training camps nationally. We are rolling out 45 athletic training centres in different parts of the country and that is provided in Annex (c) in addition to Annex (a) which is the master plan. Back to the Question, we are very proud of the measures we have taken as a Ministry and Government to raise the profile of identifying, nurturing and monetising talent in this country. We came to office at a time when this space had no form. The whole sporting arena was troubled all over the place. There was no notable structure and initiative on how to deal with the question of developing the talents of young people in this country and turning them into livelihoods or “ pesa mfukoni ” as we call it. Things like football were in shambles. Football had been suspended when we came to office. Doping had run amok and Kenya was on the verge of being banned by the World Athletics. Sports infrastructure as we have demonstrated here was in shambles all over the place. It was even unthinkable that Kenya could host the Africa Cup of Nation. It is amazing that today we are talking about hosting AFCON. At the time the Kenya Kwanza administration came to office, Kenya did not even have a 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": "stadium to host an international friendly game. Today we are talking about hosting international events. We are very happy that we have put in place the Talanta Hela initiative that has provided a framework of how to identify talents countrywide, nature and monetise those talents. The football programme that ran last year was a nationwide programme that resulted in finals that His Excellency the President graced at the Nyayo National Stadium. The winning teams received significant prize money for that process. The girls had Busia as winners, Kisumu was in position two and Homa Bay took position three with winners receiving Ksh5 million, Ksh3 million for runners-up, and Ksh2 million for number three. Uasin Gishu, which was Number Four, received Ksh1 million. That was the same thing for boys. We also rewarded regional winners. Everybody who participated in this and emerged a winner in their respective regions, was duly rewarded. I am happy to note that under the Kenya Academy of Sports, we have been able to develop a national talent pool. Today, if you want an under 15, 17, 18, 19, 20 team, we have them and are available any time. We saw the performance of our under 18 in the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA). A lot of those young people were from this talent pool. This evening, our national under 20 team will be departing for Malawi to participate in the Four Nations Tournament. A lot of those young stars are from this pool. On Friday, our under 19 team, both boys and girls, will be going for a special training camp in Spain. Those are again products of this pool."
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"content": "This year, for the first time, Kenya is entering all World Cup Qualifiers for youth teams, and it is because of this pool that we have been able to create under this talent progression. I believe we are in a good space. As I have said, we are rolling out 45 athletics centres countrywide. We will also be rolling out academies, and I will come to that. All this is intended to provide an eco-system for identifying, nurturing and monetising these talents in a very deliberate manner."
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"content": "We are also funnelling them outside the country. If you go to the Nastic Soccer Academy in Spain, you will meet boys like Aldrin Kibet, Amos Wanjala, and Alvin Kasavuli. Those are products of this ecosystem and they have ended up in an elite football ecosystem in Spain. Luis Ingavi at Montverde Sports Academy in Orlando Florida is a product of this pipeline. We are happy that we have a pipeline that is producing."
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"content": "The second part of the Question was about establishing a sports centre or academy in Ndhiwa. I am pleased to report here that we have developed a framework for developing academies. The ultimate aim of this framework is to provide academies countrywide so that every constituency gets an academy. On Page 12 of my responses, we have provided a list of the initial constituencies. We did a survey countrywide and on Pages 12 to 13, you will find a list of constituencies that are going to be the ignition. That will be the first wave. We will be doing this in waves purely because of resources. So, on the question on academies, I wish to report that we have already done the framework and we are preparing to start rolling them out. We took a bit of time to do the prototype and we were able to reduce the cost of these academies from the initial projected cost of about Ksh400 million to Ksh50 million per academy. We wanted to make sure that we live within our budgetary limits and undertake projects that deliver value for money. We are rolling out that project, and Ndhiwa will ultimately be covered in that framework of the constituencies’ academies."
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"content": "(Hon. Ababu Namwamba): Yes. In clarifying whether there are plans to monetise sports talents, I want to state that besides the Talanta Hela Initiative, we are getting into some solid partnerships to widen the 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": "opportunities available. We have signed a deal with the National Basketball Association (NBA). I was in New York with His Excellency the President last year to sign a deal with NBA to develop basketball, right from the school ecosystem. That is an opportunity for our young people. We have signed a deal with the Invention Studios of Hollywood to promote the film industry. We have also signed with the Grammies to promote music. We have expanded that space. We have brought in the corporate sector. And for the first time, we have put in incentives framework to encourage corporates to put money in this space. We now have a system with Treasury for tax rebates; for every shilling you put in, you get a certain tax break under that framework to expand that space. I believe that is a matter that is very much on track. Hon. Speaker, on the question of how the Ministry intends to roll out the Talanta Hela Initiative, I want to state the Initiative is already up and running. We launched it last year, but it was already rolling. This year, the Initiative is going to be much broader and the plan is to involve other sporting disciplines and bring in creatives like music, film theatre and other segments of the Initiative. The initial one was very successful because it brought together thousands of young people into talent camps. It was what resulted in the talent pool that I am so proud to mention here. It is a programme that is running and I assure the House that it can only get better."
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