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    "id": 1280181,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu Namwamba",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs, Sports and the Arts",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The team was accompanied by 13 Government officials led by Her Excellency the Second Lady and two officers from the Ministry: the Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Academy of Sports and the Acting Director of Sports. I want to assure the House that the Ministry took full responsibility for this team. We provided a total of Ksh159,825,282 to support the full preparations and participation of this team at these games. That money included support to residential training, provision of uniforms, sports equipment, travel expenses which included return tickets for the whole delegation, allowances in accordance with the Salaries and Remuneration Commission, accommodation, reception - we had a reception upon the team returning - and also awards or rewards for this team. Hon. Speaker, let me inform the House that on average, because of the sporting tradition of this country, we have multiple teams participating in various activities across the world. In any given month, we might have three or so delegations going to different parts of the world to represent the country in different activities. We work at the Ministry as a team and we take responsibility for different activities at different times. This particular activity or this particular trip did not find me in town because I was performing other duties elsewhere but the team was fully facilitated. I can confirm to this House that, indeed, I was not at the airport at the departure of this team but officers of the Ministry accompanying this team ensured that all the preparations required were done and that full funding as required was done. I can also confirm that we remained in touch with this team throughout the period of these Games. We tracked their participation, and upon their return from this trip, we had a reception at the airport complete with traditional dancers, which is a tradition for us in this country. We had officers of the Ministry. We even had gallants of flowers to celebrate them. I have images and videos of the very elaborate ceremony of receiving the athletes at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport."
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