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    "id": 1280185,
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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": "Let me conclude on that Question by confirming to this House that I have been available to receive Kenyan teams and send them off multiple times. I have been at the airport to see off our rugby team and hold receptions for our teams. When our team to the World Cross Country Championships in Australia left the country, I was on hand to flag them off. I was on hand to receive them and hold a reception for them when they came back. I have done this countless times. The last one is our team that is currently competing at the Budapest World Athletics Championships. I hosted and flagged off that team. On the occasion of flagging off this team, they raised issues on their allowances. After consulting and looking at the scheme we have been revising, we tripled allowances for the team that is currently in Budapest. We tripled local allowances from Ksh1,000 to Ksh3,000 per day. We tripled international allowances from US$60 to US$200 a day. That was done in the context of the rewards scheme we have revised to improve our appreciation of our athletes. When Faith Kipyegon broke the world record in the context of that new scheme, we awarded her Ksh5 million and a house worth Ksh6 million. We did the same to support Ferdinand Omanyala for his excellent performance in the African Championships in the 100 metres. Under the same scheme, we held a ceremony called Hongera Awards Ceremony a month ago where we awarded different teams in different disciplines. That includes football and legends. That is just to confirm that our commitment to reward our athletes is absolutely unprecedented. This is something that has never happened before."
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