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    "id": 1034201,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1034201/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
        "slug": "daniel-kitonga-maanzo"
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    "content": " No. No. I kept on getting lost and I was wondering why I was not on the line. Being the first Sports Cabinet Secretary (CS) in the country in 2008 during President Kibaki’s administration, we made a big effort. We are the ones, together in the Ministry of Youth and Sports then; that laid the structure of what the Ministry of Sports is implementing today. We sat in meetings those days and came up with the plans and when devolution came, sports were also devolved. The few activities which are being undertaken by the national Government cannot be spread across the country for obvious reasons. I want to agree that the initial plan was to have major sports stadia in every province first, and then eventually keep on going into the sport areas and keep encouraging young people to participate in sports. Sports are a career by themselves and many people have made a career out of them. Sports really promote this country. We went to the Olympics in 2008 we were No.3 in the world. We were only beaten by Russia and the United States of America (USA). Although we had the fights after the 2007 Elections, this really helped us to cover up our image abroad and Kenyans did very well in that event. Therefore, it advertises tourism in the world. Many people come here as tourists. Sports scholarships are usually awarded to Kenyans by many universities in the world because of what we do in sports here. We must really now improve the stadia. We should not only improve the major ones which are in this Report, but every county should be tasked to do as many smaller stadia as possible. They can even start by flattening of the fields and making sure the talent is 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."
}