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    "id": 1043163,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1043163/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for allowing me also to weigh in on this Bill. It is very interesting because just out of the historical perspective, I was the Chairman of Kenya Athletics between 1974 and 1984; for 10 years. During that period, we were in the watershed between the amateur athletic running for no payment or reward whatsoever until we introduced the professional side of it which is now the track and field though which our athletes are able to get very handsome pay for any competitive event they take part in. What happened? In 1976, we missed out on the Montreal Olympics and also the Moscow Olympics in 1980. The money we would have used in those two events gave birth to the Nyayo Stadium we are using today in its present form. By then, there was a narrative going on internationally that since Kenyans had missed out on the track and field events, they were likely to perform very poorly. History is a good judge because at that time, Henry Rono, who was a 10,000- meter runner, consecutively broke the world record within a short space of time. The language then came out that maybe he was taking performance enhancement substances. He was tested and was negative."
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