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    "id": 1119162,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "reminding Sen. Cherargei not to make the late Ms. Tirop Nandi. I also tell Sen. Wetangula that he should not make her Kenyan because she was a global star. A story is told that one time, in the London 2012 Olympics, the them Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage, Hon. Paul Otwoma, had to be accredited as a personal assistant to one of the athletes so as to access the arena. That is how well celebrated our athletes are globally yet we do not think about them much locally. Madam Deputy Speaker, what happened to Ms. Agnes Tirop is very sad, unfortunate and tragic. Such a young life has been cut short in a manner that is so brutal and leaves one with so many questions. You are left wondering what really goes on in the mind of many of the people who commit atrocious acts on fellow human beings be it out of jealousy, greed or whatever other reason. What happened is terribly unfortunate. I hope that this House can think deeply about what we can do. I have a Bill that is before this House which is meant to address the plight of our sports men and women. I appreciate the Chairperson of the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, Sen. Sakaja and Sen. (Dr.) Milgo who last week listened to presentation by officials from the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage, who tried to stop Parliament from legislating by saying that they have a Bill of their own that they want to send to the House. Sen. (Dr.) Milgo who was chairing the meeting reminded them that we are the legislators so they should bring whatever they want to legislate to us. We reminded them that ‘we are the legislature, bring whatever you want to legislate’. Until we find a way of turning sports into a business and looking at these athletes as a natural resource, the same way South Africa values its mines; the same way Saudi Arabia values their oil, is the same way we should be valuing our athletes because of the huge amount of resource in terms of the things they do for us, as a country."
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