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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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"content": "As a Cabinet Secretary, this is something you should consider and a wonderful thing to do. We do not have any greater brand marketing Kenya than our athletes. 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": " I could not agree more. My heart is dancing with joy, listening to your acknowledge something that has become a gospel for me. We should keep reminding ourselves and the world that our sportsmen and women are the goose that lays the golden egg and brand Kenya. Nothing brands this country more or better than these great Kenyans. Hon. Speaker, indeed, I can confirm to you that the process has already started. Today, we are talking about the preparation of Kenya House in Paris for the Olympics in the summer. We have already put together a multi-agency team from the Ministry of Youth Affairs, Creative Affairs and Sports, Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage, Ministry of Trade, Investment and Industry, and Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs to see how to curate that special Kenyan space. Where the world will come and interact with the very best of Kenya. We have already lined up Ferdinand Omanyala and Faith Kipyegon to make special appearances at Kenya House and interact with the world as part of branding our country. Protocol services are important. So, I thank our ambassadors who have come on board through the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs. Let me make a special mention of Ambassador Matwang'a in Rome, who was hands-on last weekend when Kenya swept and painted Rome. It almost became Kenya because Kenyans in both men and women categories emerged as winners, and he stood by those great sportsmen and women. That is what we are encouraging our ambassadors and heads of missions across the world to do. I have also been telling our athletes, and I can repeat that here. That, when a foreign journalist thrusts a microphone on your face, and you are still panting from that race, speak the language you are most comfortable with. Watajipanga with an interpreter. You can speak Swahili, Luhya or Kalenjin. Ordinarily, they will sort themselves out with interpretation because you express yourself best in the language of the first instruction. If you are comfortable with these languages, nothing will stop you from learning them. Hon. Speaker, I agree that having protocol services and officers to support them in these moments is indispensable. We shall follow that through. Thank you."
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"content": "Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. You are released to go back to your other duties. Hon. Members, allow me to acknowledge a visiting delegation from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. The delegation is in the Speaker's Gallery and led by Prof. Siniša Vuković."
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