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"content": "Uasin Gishu and Nandi counties, for example, do not have Tartan; the standard track that is needed so that they can train to qualify for international sports events. Madam Deputy Speaker, we remember the life of slain athlete Agnes Tirop. It is very sad that the family and the rest of us are yet to receive justice many months after she was allegedly murdered away from her training camp. As a country, we must be ashamed that we have failed to protect our athletes and sportsmen and women, and not only by ensuring that we have standard stadia. The Government of President Uhuru Kenyatta assured us that every county will have a standard international stadium. When the issue of the Cabinet Secretary, Hon. (Amb.) Amina Mohamed, came up, we were very vocal. We questioned how the Government could use billions of shillings to renovate and yet when you look at the renovations that were done, they did not meet the international standards. However, we pride ourselves as a country for becoming the powerhouse of sports. We all know of the mess in football and athletics. Although sports has been devolved, county governments are yet to exploit sports activities in their counties. For example, in 2020, the County Government of Nandi set aside Kshs70 million to renovate the Kipchoge Kieno Stadium and ensure that it meets international standards. However, when you go there, you will see the grass has overgrown, cows are sleeping on the track and nothing is happening. It is a shame that Nandi is the source of champions, but the county government is not extending any support to them. The Kichoge Keino Stadium in Nandi just like the Dandora Stadium does not meet the international standards. Madam Deputy Speaker, how can you tell the world? When you ask the county executive and the governor, they have gone aside and now left the Kipchoge Keino Stadium, which was supposed to assist all athletes across Nandi County. They have now started building something outside, calling it a complex where they are only building toilets and changing rooms, leaving the major that they should have ensured they build; Kipchoge Keino Stadium and ensure it has international status and standardization mark that can ensure that our athletes are able to compete. Even where your athletes come from in the City of Champions, in your county, Madam Deputy Speaker, were able to train. This is because the climatic condition apart from Iten is very good for the training areas like Nandi Hills. You can see, for example, we also have Nandi Hills Stadium. I was in Nandi Hills Stadium presiding over a tournament. When it rains, the entire stadium turns into a manmade lake. The work that has been done is substandard and millions of shillings have been sunk in the Nandi Hills Stadium. That is why you find people going and playing there. Even when Kenya Rugby plays outside Nairobi, they hire Nandi Bears Club to train there yet we have Nandi Hills Stadium that we have put millions of shillings by the County Government of Nandi. However, when it rains, it turns into a river and lake. When you go there, there are no changing rooms. The place is so dirty and dilapidated. It is next to the market which itself is dilapidated. It has failed. Madam Deputy Speaker, I said in my other submission during the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) that from where you and me come from, our only main economic stay is"
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