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    "id": 1238669,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "In some news outlet, I heard the CS or Permanent Secretary (PS) say that they are demanding for Kshs60 billion of the Sports Fund which they cannot sustain but they have been giving money to the federation. Where will Kshs60 billion go to? I want to challenge the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. I am not a Member but they need to be proactive. We do not want committees that are morticians because a mortician only operates on a corpse and gives us a report. They need to be proactive. I challenge the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare to tell us what is happening with the Sports Fund. The Ministry said they made a request of Kshs60 billion in this Financial Year from different Federations. We are tired. Madam Temporary Speaker, will we run our sports through harambees like Kenyans-for-Kenyans campaign ? Our athletes, football men and women and volleyballers get stranded. We fundraise through a pay-bill number. We say our athletes are stranded somewhere and we need to fundraise. I may not look like a sportsman, but I was a serious footballer in my hey days. So, do not underestimate me. When I speak about sports, I speak it with a passion because sports is healthy. In conclusion, I can bet Sen. Miraj, Sen. Mungatana, Sen. Tobiko and Sen. Thang’wa go to the gym every day. It just depends on the type of gym they go to. Every one of us here including the Table Office and yourself, Madam Temporary Speaker, finds time to exercise. Considering being healthy in body is being healthy in mind; a healthy nation is a wealthy nation. Madam Temporary Speaker, sports are not only for recreation purposes or for money but are for the good health of some of us. That is why you will live longer if you continue to exercise. We must create places where we can do exercises. I can go on and on because where I come from, 90 percent of young people are into the sports business. Madam Temporary Speaker, many businesses in the North Rift, in Eldoret, Kapsabet, Nandi Hills and Iten survive because of sports. I will invite you one day. If you kill sports, you will have killed us. Thank you for your indulgence."
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