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    "id": 1294926,
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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": "suspension 11 months ago, we were not even talking football because the country was suspended. A short 11 months down the line, we are now contesting where AFCON should be held. It is a remarkable turnaround and success story. It is good for us to commend the successes of our teams. Let us commend the team that put together the bid. I really commend His Excellency the President who was really the champion of this bid. It was the leadership of the President that rallied his regional colleagues; President Museveni in Uganda and President Samia Suluhu in Tanzania to come together and support this East Africa Pamoja Bid. I applaud our President and his colleagues in the region for that. Let us also applaud our teams that have done well as we prepare for the Olympics. Our volley ball women team, Malkia Strikers have conquered Africa and will be at the Olympics. Our women Sevens Team; the Shujaa Team, have conquered Africa and they will be at the Olympics. Our team in Riga, Latvia conquered the world and emerged top in the world. Our Budapest Team conquered the world and led Africa. Our football is back. Harambee Stars is making baby steps to come back. Next Monday, we will be playing Russia in Turkey. This will be the first time for a Kenyan National Football Team to play an A-List team in global football. Perhaps, where I would invite this House to really commend is our women football. Our women football has really grown. I was with the Senator at Nyayo Stadium to watch our rising Harambee Starlets. Our girls put six goals past a very experienced Angolan team to literally qualify for the next round in the race to the World Cup under 20 championships. Before that, the senior women team; the Harambee Starlets, did something that no Kenyan team has even done; to beat a Cameroonian team in a competitive game when they knocked out Cameroon in the qualifiers for the Women Africa Cup of Nations. We are now preparing this team to face the next round. We have a lot of faith that they will qualify for the competition. Overall, our sports are at a good level. I believe that we are making good progress. I beseech this House to support the efforts we are rolling out under the bottom- up economic transformation agenda in this sector of sports. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I submit."
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