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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu Namwamba",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs and Sports",
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    "content": "beaten the rest of Africa to qualify for the Olympics next year. Therefore, if we fix the leadership in our federations, we will definitely perform better in sports. I want to give this House my assurances that we are on to this. We have a roadmap on how we are going to sort out football and the rest of the federations. Let me also admit that among the greatest challenges that we face is litigation. Every time you make an effort, someone runs to court. A court issues an injunction. We have faced those injunctions. Athletics Kenya has injunctions running back almost 10 years. We are figuring out how to deal with this litigious environment or culture even as we fix our sports. Let me move quickly to the question posed by Sen. Cherarkey. The travel by our athletes. This is a budgetary issue that cuts across the whole of the sporting arena. It is something that - definitely I can tell this hon. House - would not be beyond the Ministry to consider a review in the event that there is sufficient budgetary provision to provide our athletes with better travelling conditions. Normally, we try to ensure that the athletes travel in good time so that they arrive at their destination in good time, they have sufficient time to relax, rest and train before competition. If I am hearing this House say that we want our sportsmen and sportswomen to travel in more comfortable conditions, then that is something which definitely, the Ministry will listen to and consider within the normal budgetary limits. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, quickly moving on to the question by Sen. (Prof.) Kamar, I confirm that the Kshs5 million reward to a world record breaker covers two terrains. There are competitions which do not involve what you may call classical podium finishes or classical finishes of gold and all that. An example is the city marathons such as the Chicago Marathon. Therefore, if you break a world record, we will give you your Kshs5 million. Let us take the example of the Olympics which is an arena that also takes pride in the podium finish. You win gold and you also break the world record. Then what? The Kshs5 million is then treated as an enhanced reward, it covers both. Should you win multiple medals; I will give the example of Faith Kipyegon who won two gold medals in Budapest, then you are rewarded per gold medal. The reward that we have for every gold medal. For instance, our reward for a gold medal at that level is Kshs3 million. Faith was reward with Kshs6 million, Kshs3 million for each of the gold medal. That is how it has been structured. However, this is a new policy that the Ministry has put in place. It would definitely be subject to input of the Senate. We will be willing to listen to how to make this scheme even better than what it is today. I will now move on to the question by Sen. Chute. Senator, I appreciate you for the kind words. Just to tell this august House that indeed, we inherited a total mess in this sporting arena. We came to office and we found Kenya suspended by FIFA, a crisis with doping, crisis in swimming and handball. Everywhere you looked, you saw a crisis. I am glad that one year down the line, we can count milestones of success. The other day, I sat back to listen to governors debating where the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) should be hosted. I said, wow, what a good debate. From a FIFA"
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