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    "id": 1157363,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "The young people in Dandora and Embakasi North Constituencies need that facility. I am glad that they are engaging the contractor. We hope that it is completed in due time. I went there with Sen. Omanga, incoming Women Representative of Nairobi, and we said we shall do the swearing in of the Governor there. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in a lot of the places in our city today, you find that our young people are idle and they have gone back to crime. In fact, I know some of the boys who were killed who used to play. There were 12 teams around Embakasi North Constituency because of that stadium not being operational, some of the youths went into crime. I am glad the former Governor did Kamptoyoyo, which is providing engagement in Makadara. We have another 10 grounds that need to be done. From Umeme grounds in Ziwani to Woodley Grounds in Kibera Constituency as well as others in Kawangware. I was just talking to the coach, Mr. Chivuli, of Westlands Youth Sports Association. I have a group of hundreds of reformed young men from Kayole under coach Shuba who have left crime and have come back to society. All because of sports. We cannot underate the place of sports in our society. That is something we have pledged to ensure that it is done. Finally, one way of honouring these greats is by immortalising their memory. When the late Mr. Joe Kadenge passed on, a promise was made that the County Government will rename City Stadium to be called Joe Kadenge Stadium. That has not been done. I just want to assure those people who agreed with that decision are people of Nairobi. Those who know his history and what he has done for this country. I remember we would go for a lot of sporting events together with Right Hon. Raila Odinga who was patron of Gor Mahia and I would go with him as patron of AFC Leopards together with Mr. Joe Kadenge. We had to make sure we pick Mr. Joe Kadenge everytime. God willing, we shall rename City Stadium in the next four months if the people of Nairobi County chose me to be Governor. We must immortalise the memory of those who not only played but also contributed to the growth of sports in our country. We have seen what has happened with soccer. We tried to salvage it. The Cabinet Secretary (CS) decided to take action as she did. We wanted to engage. I do not know if my Vice Chairperson implemented the resolution we had passed because she ignores summons from this House. This House was not trying to stop any action against the FKF. What we wanted was there not to be a witch hunt and for us to abide by the rules of FIFA that are there. There is a reason why we live around rules. Right now, with that indefinite ban, an indefinite suspension, a times based ban is better than an indefinite one. There are very many people, from referees to the players, to those who even want to go play in other countries who are negatively affected by Kenya being banned by FIFA. I hope it is something we can be able to address and resolve. We want our sports and our soccer to be solved at whatever cost it takes. There was a lot of rot in the management. You do not cut off your nose to spite your face. You do not throw out the baby with the water. You make sure that any intervention is done in as much as is for the long term good, but even in the short term, we secure the livelihoods of our young people."
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