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"speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Gladwell Cheruiyot",
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"content": "saw on the ground. It is only unfortunate that, in this country, what you see in papers is not comparable with what you see physically or real time on the ground there. This Committee must have spent a lot of time - and it was not very easy for them the way they are talking. However, I am also perturbed and wondering when, in this country, we shall ever be sincere and honest to ourselves. That is because when people are doing things, they seem to be doing them as if they want to go somewhere. It is as if this planet is no longer there and they are about to go to Jupiter or any other planet. We are not even behaving like people who have given birth to children. People are embezzling funds as if there is no life tomorrow. Sometimes, it is shameful. When we debate such matters in this House and give contributions that can be listened to and heard by anybody in this world, it is very unfortunate. This is because we stand, as a House, to scrutinise reports and profusely accuse our own Government and even paint ourselves so negatively, and it is intentional. Before I joined this House I worked in Eldoret for about 10 years. For a long time, Kipchoge Keino Stadium was being prepared for construction. Before then, it was land where farmers used to spread their maize to dry up. After some time, I saw some wall being erected there. That is just one example. Up to today, nothing much has happened in that stadium. That is just one among many. Even Nyayo Stadium, which is in Nairobi here, we found when it was under construction. It was not done three years down the line. It was not until the President of this country intervened that things happened. More so, we want to really start by thinking why, all of a sudden, people think because they want to “eat” public money we should allocate money to the stadia. It becomes easy to entrench it in the Budget knowing very well that the projects will not get anywhere. The intention is to siphon the money at some point. Like a Member has put it here, the stadia contracts increase in number during electioneering time. So, the intention is so clear, somebody somewhere is waiting to siphon those funds. That is why, sometimes, the youth of this country become very rowdy on us. Currently in Baringo County, for example, we do not have a stadium. The former Governor wanted to build one but I do not know what happened in the process. Up to now, nobody has touched that ground. The youth are wondering who is supposed to cater for them. That is why the BBI has established a youth commission. We want to believe that the youth will be taken seriously because stadia are mostly for use by the youth. When I started a tournament in Baringo for two consecutive years, I saw the turnaround on the activities that the youth ought to have done without that tournament. If you go to that county at the moment, even with the Coronavirus pandemic, they are all over playing. However, nobody pays attention to them so that they can get better fields. Some fields are not up to standard. Some are not even there. The youth even sustain injuries because of the harsh environment. It is high time we stopped making noise and ensure that those who have committed those crimes are brought to book so that our tax revenues can go to the right places. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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