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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Chimera",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for this opportunity. I rise to support those two Petitions. Allow me to speak directly to the second Petition by my good friend, Sen. Githuku, from Lamu. Mr. Speaker, Sir, indeed, there can never be a more timely Petition than this. We have all come from quite a long recess. I want to believe that everyone in this House has been running and organizing football tournaments in their respective counties. It is unfortunate and very shameful that in this day and age, we still continue to engage our youthful members out there, in playing very good football and nothing happens. At the end of the day, we have talent that is wasted. I feel it is time that as a country and the leadership, to make our football pay us. We should make a living out of playing football. It is very shameful that we have a very nice tournament --- Mr. Speaker, Sir, you can bear me witness together with Sen. Methu, Sen. Chesang and I attended a very beautiful soccer tournament in Kericho. I can imagine the amount of money that was spent there and none of those football players was actually scouted by any foreign or local scouts. For that matter, I urge the Government of the day to consider rolling out a football academy in every county, so that our youthful members do not just play football but they can be scouted, talents natured and promoted. Perhaps, we would end up having football players coming from Kwale playing in our mini-league and internationally. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those many remarks, I beg to support the Petition."
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