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    "id": 1043095,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. From the outset, I support his Bill. Time is of the essence, as we have been told by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and through the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK), which was established in 2016 and Kenya having ratified it in 2009, through the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and, of course, Kenya becoming part of the larger community in protecting the interests of our athletes. Most athletes are from where I come from. My county is called the source of champions and Sen. Wetangula has mentioned quite a number of legends from there with the latest being people like Eunice Sum, Pamela Jelimo, Conseslus Kipruto and Mr. Eliud Kipchoge, who is my neighbor. He is a man who ran under two hours under INEOS and more than 500 million viewers and 799, 000 streamed live during INEOS when he was running last year. One of the most serious issues that has stained athletics in this Republic is doping. It is the right time that we comply with international standards that have been provided. Fortunately, we must pass this law today because by 1st January, 2021, all these issues must be put into perspective and allow athletes to participate in local, regional and international events. This is like an access card that will allow participation. Our athletes sacrifice a lot and my colleagues have tried to say that many of them wake up as early as 4:30 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. They work very hard. These are very young people as my colleagues have said, aged below 30 years. They wake up as early as 4:30 a.m. and by 6:30 a.m., to 7:00 a.m., they have finished their training and doing their massage. One of the unfortunate things that we have in this country is that the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage has failed. Hon. Amina Mohammed has not been proactive and I do not know the reason. As we talk, most of our athletes use private training camps like Lornah Kiplagat Camp in Iten. We have others in Kaptagat, Kapsabet and Nandi Hills. Most of these training camps are privately owned and these are people with talents, yet they do not have training shoes as most of them run bare foot to be able to make it in life. The Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage has been lackluster. I do not know whether they are concentrating in other sports like Polo, but I have not seen any concentration in other sports. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am happy that the Senator from your county has noted that when you were the governor, you had started building training grounds. I wish that governors from our regions would realize that it is important to build training camps for our athletes. My former governor had started renovating Kipchoge Stadium, which is The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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