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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I join Sen. Cherarkey in extending my condolences to the family of the famed boxer, Mr. Waruinge. We grew up watching the gentleman, including another one known as Stephen Muchoki. They used to entertain us when we were young and they brought a lot of glory to this nation. It is sad to learn from this Statement that our Mr. Waruinge, the famed boxer, has died a poor man, yet the National Assembly passed the Sports Act that created a Fund Sports to help our sportsmen and women who have brought glory to this country. The fund is supposed to develop talent and facilities. Initially, nobody thought that it was going to collect as much money as it did. When the National Treasury saw that it had money, it was somehow manipulated. Now only 35 per cent of it goes to sports. We are told that some of it has gone to health or arts, yet the original intention of the Sports Act, when Hon. Ababu Namwamba was the Minister for Sports and Culture, was to create a fund which could take care of our people who have brought glory to us. As we remember and celebrate this gentleman on his passing away, it is upon us to look back at what happened. What was the mistake? How did the National Treasury repossess money from it? Why is it being managed from the National Treasury yet the Sports Act envisaged it differently? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support."
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