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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to reply to the Bill. There are many people who have talked time and again about education on anti-doping in this Bill. It is specifically provided in Clause 6, but in the main Act, it is Section 5, which says: “Delete paragraph (ua) and substitute thereafter the following paragraph- Plan, implement, evaluate, promote anti-doping education in line with the requirements of the international standard of education.” It also provides that there can also be an agency to provide that education, but the agency that takes another agency to provide the education takes responsibility for the quality of education that is given. That is very much provided in Section 6. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also wish to congratulate our athletes for doing an amazing job out there. They are our brand ambassadors. They promote Kenya all the time. We thank them for doing an amazing job. Mr. Speaker, Sir, time and again, the issue of double taxation for athletes has come back. I just want to inform people on how taxation in this country works. If the tax rate of taxation of the country that is taxing is lower than the Kenyan tax, then Kenya takes the difference between their rate and the country that has taxed. There is absolutely no double taxation. That is how the rule of taxation works. I do not think that there is a specific rule for double taxation for athletes alone. That is how it works everywhere. A Cabinet Secretary was called a flower girl because she has not stopped taxation of athletes. The responsibility of taxation, I want to inform the public, is with the Ministry of Finance and National Treasury and not the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage. You can see that people just look for an opportunity to bash women leaders for responsibilities that are not theirs. I hope that the agency that will be created by this Act to take care of this issue of doping will be corruption-free. We do not want cases where people have been checked, then they test positive for substance again. We need credibility within the sporting fraternity, not only in Kenya, but globally, so that when you get an award, it is an award that you deserve and not an award that you get because you have cheated your way round. I like the idea of having protocol officers in embassies where our athletes compete because they are our brand ambassadors. We do very well, and I am proud of my country for doing very well in sports all the time. As Kenyans, regardless of where we come from, when it is sports, we are united. We are always very happy to see our teams excel irrespective of their tribal inclination. When our athletes win, it does not matter whether they come from North Easter, Western or Rift Valley, we all celebrate them. We should take a leaf from that and we, as Kenyans, shun tribalism. When we shine, let us all shine as Kenyans. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to thank all the Senators who have contributed to this Bill. I wish to start with Sen. Wetangula for seconding it, Sen. Wambua, Sen. Cherargei, Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve, Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri, Sen. (Dr.) Ali, Sen. Nyamunga, Sen. Orengo, Sen. (Dr.) Langat, Sen. Faki and not forgetting Sen. Kang’ata who was stopped halfway. 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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