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    "id": 1239070,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1239070/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise, pursuant to Standing Order No. 52(1), to make a Statement on an issue of general topical concern and national importance, namely: the good performance posted by our gallant athletes in both the London and Boston marathons. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on Sunday, 23rd April, 2023, we witnessed a superb performance by our athletes at the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) London Marathon which saw Kelvin Kiptum become the second-fastest marathon runner of all time by knocking 12 seconds off the previous course record held by fellow Kenyan, Eliud Kipchoge, and also breaking the course record by clocking 2:01:25. Kiptum won the men’s race by almost three minutes ahead of his compatriot, Geoffrey Kamworor, who clocked 2:04:23. It is worth noting that Eliud Kipchoge holds the World Marathon record at 2:01:09, set at the Berlin Marathon in German. In the Women’s Marathon, Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands came first, clocking 2:18:33, while Kenya’s Olympic champion, Peres Jepchirchir, finished third. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on 17th April 2023, Evans Chebet became the first athlete to win back-to-back in Boston in 15 years when he won the 127th Boston Marathon by clocking 2:05:54 and defending his 2022 title. In the same marathon, Hellen Obiri, a two-time Olympic silver medalist in the 5,000 meters, won the women’s Marathon, finishing at 2:21:38 to complete the Kenyan sweep at the Boston Marathon in America. This sterling performance by our athletes has sent a serious warning to our competitors and the world at large that Kenya is still a force to reckon with and home of athletics. Further, the record currently held by Eliud Kipchoge might soon be broken by homegrown upcoming athletes. I wish to call upon our athletes, as I have reiterated on the Floor of the House before, to remain clean and dedicated to their careers by avoiding the doping menace that"
}