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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This is a very serious matter. All the things that have been spoken by the distinguished Senators in respect to this fallen hero and in connection with other related sporting issues to this matter, all are true. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we request for the Government’s intervention and support to the family during this very difficult time, let us also be futuristic. I agree with Sen. Sifuna that we need to have a stipend. However, why do you want the stipend when things have changed? Right now, the best sector to be employed in all over the world is sports. Football and boxing stars are paid in figures that you cannot imagine. The Government should not give money to immediate sport stars. We should start nurturing the youth and put professionals alongside them, so that each player has got a manager and an accountant. What happens is that these young people go to Europe, earn millions of dollars, but are then captured by beautiful women on the streets of London. These beautiful women become their wives, only on paper, and when the young men try to change that, they are accused of rape. So, the young man must have a manager. We should keep them away from the brokers. For those of us who come from the other side of the world, if you drive early in the morning in Kapsabet, you will see these children train from as early as 4.00 a.m. As they do so, some white men will be driving four-wheel cars behind them. They capture these children. By the time the young men earns money, they only see it on paper, but in practice, those people take the money. The protection should go beyond that. I defend the Government from those who think that we will be doing things as the previous governments. As recently as Mashujaa Day, the Government of President Ruto invited a fresh set of heroes. I am proud that my area Chief of Ilesi, was invited and accorded the respect of a hero, when he is still alive."
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