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    "id": 1119120,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1119120/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
        "slug": "margaret-kamar"
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    "content": "It is so sad and we are sorry for the family. You ask yourself, who could have saved this girl? Who could have protected her from her enemy who was a very close friend? I think we need to ask the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage to start paying attention to the athletes because these are young girls and young men who receive a lot of money within a very short time. You run for a minute and you get a Mercedes. You run for two minutes and you become a millionaire. Who really talks to these youth so that they know how to handle themselves beyond the money that they receive? I think the Ministry must pay attention. If you compare the way Chebet arrived in Kenya with how Chemutai arrived in Uganda, it was a complete contrast. The whole of Uganda knows Chemutai. I say this because I went for the Prayer Breakfast in Uganda and Chemutai was introduced in State House to all of us. In fact, the Speaker of Uganda jokingly said Sen. (Prof.) Kamar should not claim this Chemutai because she is not a Kenyan; she is a Ugandan. That is how possessive they are of their athletes. They love them, they take care of them and counsel them. Whatever they give them, they do not just leave them at that. They monitor them to ensure that they are in the right. I felt so that because this kind of record-breaker should not be in Iten. They should be in the police service as Inspectors of Police. They should have been recruited to join the police force from the time they left Form Four so that they know how to protect themselves. Sen. Murkomen will tell you that they are a huge number of them who are in the camp in Iten. Why should they be living within a camp situation where they end up marrying one another, having conflict that is so local and killing one another? We need to separate these children. We need to get them out. The minute we identify the talented ones they should be the property of the Nation. When they become the property of this Nation, they should be taken care of by the country because the minute they are number one, it is the Kenyan flag that they are flying. Why are we leaving them to themselves where there is nobody? I looked at the mother and she was dazed. She even did not know that her daughter was married. This was a girl who was not empowered by anybody. When your trainer decides to marry you, it becomes a problem because he is your trainer, he is almost your everything. The Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage must ask itself, when do they identify this talent and transfer the same to the armed forces and the police force so that we have them in a very secure environment? I am sure the athletes that are in a secure environment do not face these kinds of challenges. What they fight over may be very minor compared to what they would be. I am sure this girl was going to be a record breaker in the future. So, the future was better than the past. The money she was going to earn was much more than the peanuts that she may have been killed for. We really must push the Government to consider this talent development as a national agenda so that we are able to protect and build them. Once more, I send my condolences to the family of Agnes Chebet Tirop and I hope the HANSARD of this House shall be taken by the Senator of Nandi to the family during or after the funeral. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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