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    "id": 1294918,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1294918/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Nuh Mohamed on his appointment to serve as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sports Fund. Mr. Nuh Mohamed was in charge of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) team that oversaw my by-election back in 2015. I am happy for him. If he conducted the by-election successfully, I am sure he can do a good job at the Fund. I wish him well. Cabinet Secretary, we go a long way back. I have no doubt about your capacity and passion for this Ministry. Nonetheless, I am worried about the time it has taken to resolve certain matters, which should be brought to this House. How much more time does he need to receive the following issues? Number one, is the doping menace in our athletics. Has the Cabinet Secretary taken time to visit Uasin Gishu and Elgeyo-Marakwet counties, where the known drug peddlers who are misleading our young athletes have set up camp? Has he taken time to do a public Kamukunji and understand the people misleading our young people to take performance enhancement drugs that is leading to a ban. This is a serious issue. Were it not for the last minute intervention of the President, Kenya was not supposed to be in the World Championship. Therefore, I am worried that the Cabinet Secretary and his team are taking longer in resolving this matter. If it is an amendment of the law we passed in this House in 2016 that is needed, I expect to see a legislative proposal. This is something that has the potential of embarrassing this country. Lastly, is on the management of federations. Many of our federations pose a great challenge to the Ministry. I understand sports well. Apart from politics, the only other thing they are engaged in deeply is sports. I know the challenge we have with our federations. I wish to hear from the Cabinet Secretary on his plan on how to better manage and guide – because of international obligations that Kenya has signed on to with many other global bodies, his hands are tied on many aspects. However, there are issues he can resolve locally. Athletics Kenya has not had an election for over a decade. Yet I see some of the people that have taken the Government to court, in the company of the Cabinet Secretary doing certain responsibilities. What is his plan in unlocking this challenge we have with our federations? Thank you for your kind consideration, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir."
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