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    "id": 1239387,
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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": "There are a number of athletes that have been blacklisted, but because of corruption in the ADAK, this agency has not done any sensitization. Two, it does not tell us which substances have been banned. Why are they banning athletes only? They need to ban the laboratories and pharmacies that are aiding doping. They need to recall the licenses of doctors who aid some of these athletes and sportsmen and women to use doping substances. ADAK only ban athletes. They do not even allow the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to investigate the people who are giving doping substances to our young men and women. We are told that these substances have adverse effects to the human bodies. After using these steroids and other chemicals, the “batteries” of most of these athletes are dead. They cannot sire children; they “shoot blanks”. Madam Temporary Speaker, this is a very serious public health issue. I fear for my agemates and the younger generation. They used to refer to the Senate as “ nyumba yawazee,” but majority of the young people are here, like Sen. Oketch Gicheru, myself and other Senators who are young. This is a House where we have everybody on board and we fear for our future generation. The biggest challenge is the issue of compliance. Up to date, ADAK, DCI or Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) have never tabled a report. There are sports coaches and trainers who come using tourists visa, but they are training our athletes in Kaptagat, Mt. Kenya or Nairobi. Some of the things happening in our country are shocking. How can a coach fly in all the way using a tourist visa and train our athletes? Which country are we living in? Sports is our greatest resource as a nation. Wherever you walk in the streets of Europe and America and you tell somebody you come from Kenya, they will ask you whether it is that country where people run. We need to be serious as a country. We cannot allow our young men and women to be abused. Where is the Ministry of Interior and National Administration, the DCI, the EACC and National Intelligence Service (NIS)?"
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