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    "id": 1294866,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu Namwamba",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs and Sports",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Hon. Senators, let me use this opportunity to applaud our team Kenya that represented the country in Budapest where they emerged as the best country in Africa and the fifth overall globally, which was exemplary performance and performance that has continued to improve, including the performance in Riga, and the latest one being the world record by Kelvin Kiptum in the Chigaco Marathon last weekend. With regard to the Budapest assignment, let me break down the Questions into chewable little bits and start with the selection of team Kenya. Team Kenya was selected to the World Athletic Championship through a public process called public selection which they normally call trials conducted by Athletics Kenya; the Federation responsible for athletics in the country. This was a public process conducted on July 7th and 8th, 2023. We were present for this process. I attended day one of the trials and the Principal Secretary (PS) for the State Department of Sports Engineer Peter Tum attended day two of the trials. So, we were quite involved and engaged in observing that process. I also confirm to this hon. House that all the requirements with the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) and the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU); all those requirements about anti-doping were observed. There was a selection panel that presided over this exercise. That panel consisted of officials mostly from Athletics Kenya. Mr. Paul Mutui was the Chairman. He is the Senior Vice-President of Athletics Kenya. There was also Mr. Barnabas Korir who is the officer responsible for Youth Development in Athletics Kenya, Patrick Sang a fine decorated coach in the athletics fraternity. The team also included John Kimeto, Milcah Chemos who is an athletics legend in her own right, Kenneth Tanui, Chellot Kurgoi, Stephen Mwaniki and Fred Owundo. That was the team that presided over the selection. I have also provided details on the requirements for selection. It is quite a long list. In the interest of time, I am conscious of your direction. We have, however, provided details there, including particular requirements that this selection applied in picking the team. The criteria are detailed in segment two of my response and pretty much, it is normally a process that does not require the opening of any servers. It is open and on the track. The first two to cross the finish line are normally automatically selected. So, it is very clear."
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