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    "id": 1238648,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank my colleagues. The sports industry is lucrative and should be looked after. This Motion has been on the Order Paper for a while. I thank the Office of the Speaker, the Secretariat and the Senate Business Committee (SBC) for scheduling it. I have seen a number of colleagues complaining that their Motions and Bills are not scheduled. They do not have the patience some of us have. You can see some of us have waited until the CSs have answered questions and then we have moved our Motion. My advice to my colleagues is that, they cannot complain that their Motions, Statements or Bill is not scheduled. They need to have patience. Some of us have even stayed beyond 6.30 p.m. just waiting. We have been liaising with the Table Office. Sometimes, we walk into the Chamber at 2.30 p.m. and ask the Table Office whether our business is scheduled. We normally discuss with your officers, and they normally encourage us to be patient. I urge my colleagues that whenever they have a statement or any issue, they should be patient. Madam Temporary Speaker, fortunately, or unfortunately, I can see colleagues who were yearning to contribute to this Motion but unfortunately, they will assist us in the next phase when I bring the amendments. Allow me to inform the House that I have drafted the amendments to the Sports Act. The purpose of the amendment is to alter the role of Anti-doping Agency and to also incriminate and force agencies like DCI, Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and other state actors including professional bodies such as the Kenya Pharmacists Medical and Dentist Union among others to be part of the solution. I thank my colleagues Sen. Mungatana, MGH and Sen. Gataya Mo Fire from Tharaka Nithi. By the way, the House should know that the money from diaspora has dropped by Kshs1 billion. This is because of the challenges. As a county, we need to diversify. We used to have traditional foreign exchange from coffee, tea and tourism. Now, it is foreign income that is coming into the country more. Therefore, sports are lucrative. For people who watch football, I do not know whether the next and the future Governor of Kajiado County, my good friend and sister Sen. Tobiko watches football. There is a person call Maguire from Manchester United."
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