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    "id": 1183677,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Fund as a subsidy. I saw the Sports Cabinet Secretary (CS) Ababu Namwamba meeting with various Federations. The problem is the Federations which must hold elections have taken ten years to hold elections. Therefore, it means there is nothing innovative that they are bringing to the table. The World Cup is ongoing in Qatar but we are just spectators. The problem starts with the management and governance of sports in this country. From the look of things if we do not work hard, the only time the Kenyan football team would appear on an international stage may be during the second coming of Jesus Christ. If we have to get a better future, we must invest in talent, innovation, investment and protection. Secondly, two weeks ago, I brought up a Statement on the issue of doping affecting athletics and other sectors. This is one of the soft underbellies that will affect the careers of most of the youthful people in talents. The Anti-Doping Agency (ADA) released 22 names and said that it will release 26 more names. Those are young people who are barely 22 years. Their lives are now in jeopardy because of accusations by ADA of allegedly abusing drugs. As we consider the matter on development of talent, I request that we do the following; one, let us not only ban the athletes or the sportsmen and women. Let us also go for the coaches, the trainers and the training camps. This is the only country where a tourist using a tourist visa lands at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), goes somewhere at Kaptagat or Nandi Hills and starts training athletes using a tourist visa, and we find it okay, yet there is an Immigration Department. We must stop this. Nairobi City County just like any other county, has so much talent. It is for us to identify and work towards it. Kenyans should know that we have a Sports Fund. The President has promised that the fund will be ring-fenced. Let that fund be used to identify talents. If we can use it to identify talents, I can assure you, because I saw the joke, in the next 2026 World Cup which will be held in Mombasa and Machakos, Kenya might likely feature in the World Cup that is on coming. In conclusion, I am happy to join my brothers, Sen. Kathuri and Sen. Sifuna, among other colleagues to ensure that sports work for us. We depend entirely on sports. The economy in Eldoret City County, Kapsabet Town and Iten is sustained by the money that comes from sports. If we protect sports, the entire North Rift including my county will continue to prosper if we continue to invest in sports. With those many remarks and comments, I hope the Committee on Welfare will handle this matter with the urgency it deserves. Let us allow our young people to thrive. I thank you, Mr Speaker Sir."
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