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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also wish to strongly add my voice, not only in sending my condolences to the family and friends of the departed, Mr. Wilson Kiprugut Arap Chuma, but also join colleagues in creating national consensus around this problem. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we must accept that today, sports is a major employment industry. The only way to do it, is to appreciate that it takes awareness for people to take up and eventually discover their talent. We have had great reason for us to do that through sportsmen and women of yesteryears. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you may not believe that this is the country of Ben Jipcho, David Rudisha, Joe Kadenge, Wilberforce Mulamba, Josephat Murila and William ‘Chege’ Ouma. Those are great sons of this country, who played sports at the highest levels, both in football and athletics. Just like Wilson Kiprugut Arap Chuma has died and been forgotten, so has Wangila Napunyi, who was a cousin of the Clerk of the Senate. He was the first man to get a gold medal in boxing during the Olympics. It is pathetic that as I speak, the late Wangila Napunyi is yet to reach his home in Busia. His journey ended here in Nairobi because of the disorganization of his family and so on, yet he was a hero. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have to rise to this consciousness and start asking questions. I am glad that the very able man, Hon. Ababu Namwamba, is now the Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs, Sports and Arts. One major challenge affecting sports is the devil and threat of doping. Doping is not properly investigated and punished. Whenever you hear of doping, it is either this or that athlete has been punished but where are the doctors of those athletes? When you ban an athlete, you should also punish the doctor, chemists, and hotels and restaurants where athletes take food which is laced with banned drugs."
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