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    "id": 1122679,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1122679/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mavoko WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Patrick Makau",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Makau King'ola",
        "slug": "patrick-makau-kingola"
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    "content": "disbursed to the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) from the Sports, Arts and Social Development Fund. Section 17(1) of the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution assigns the function of promotion of sports and sports education to the national Government. Subsequently, all matters relating to promotion of sports and sports education fall under the mandate of the Departmental Committee on Sports, Tourism and Culture, and rightfully so. Article 95(2) of the Constitution provides that the National Assembly shall deliberate on and resolve issues of concern to the people. Article 95(5)(b) provides that the National Assembly shall exercises oversight of State organs. The Departmental Committee on Sports, Tourism and Culture is aware that the general public has expressed concerns over the management, administration and expenditure of funds disbursed to FKF. Standing Order No.216(5) sets out the functions of a departmental committee and in paragraph (a), it provides that the functions of a departmental committee shall be to investigate and inquire into and report on all matters relating to the mandate, management, activities, administration, operations and estimates of the assigned ministries and departments. Therefore, in view of the foregoing, I seek your guidance as to whether any other entity has the mandate to consider the matter and if the Departmental Committee on Sports, Tourism and Culture can proceed to take up the matter and inquire into it in view of the constitutional provisions and Standing Orders that I have just highlighted. Hon. Deputy Speaker, allow me to highlight a few of those issues. In the past one or two weeks, there have been gruelling sideshows about the goings-on in football. Football is important to our youth. It is one of the sports that attract many talents. We have seen many Kenyans like Wanyama, Mariga and Oliech play football abroad. It has come to light that there are some wrangles between the Ministry of Sports and FKF. As the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Sports, Culture and Tourism, I stand under Standing Order No. 83 to ask for your guidance on this because we have seen other entities trying to address this issue of national importance. Without much ado, I ask for direction that we should take as a committee and as a House."
}