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    "id": 1280252,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1280252/?format=api",
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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": "We would be very grateful if this House passed regulations to ring-fence. We brought a formal request asking this House to strictly ring-fence the Sports Fund for sports and the creative industry. I have not in any language, whether it is English, Kiswahili or Lunyala dialect that I grew up speaking back in the villages of Budalang’i, said at all that I am not in control of this Ministry. I can confirm that I am fully in touch and in control of this Ministry. However, I have made it clear that this is a public institution and it cannot be run as a one-man show. I share responsibilities with my two principal secretaries and my technical officers. I also know that sports have other stakeholders. Federations play a critical role in the management of sports. The reason Kenya was banned by FIFA in 2021 is because the Government attempted to do something which FIFA interpreted as meddling in the affairs of the federation. This is something that crops up repeatedly. Federations have a role. If we genuinely want to improve sports in this country, we should oversee the Ministry of Sports and make sure that it performs optimally, but we should not close our eyes to federations. They have a critical role to play. Let us make them accountable and improve their governance culture. If federations and the Ministry perform, definitely sports in this country will improve, especially if we provide sufficient resources to support these activities. I submit."
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