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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "So, it is not only going to be a facility for our athletic champions, but also all other sports, including football. They have a very nice football pitch in the same place. We know that very soon residents of Uasin Gishu will be competing with AFC Leopards and Gor Mahia. We are yet to know the name we will call ours, but it will be there. On the other hand, we also have realized that youth from other corners of the country are now training for athletics, which is very good. Athletic tourism is the best thing. We have seen an influx of our youth, not only those who have come for training. We also welcome those who want to just come in for sports tourism. This is one of the things that will be done when our stadium is complete. I support this Motion and ask Members of this Senate to endorse this because it is the future. We need to free a few of our towns to be cities, so that we can accommodate more people and allow for more investment. I want to assure Members that Eldoret is open for investment. That is one city that anybody can invest in. If you go there, you will see for yourselves that it is a proper cosmopolitan city and anybody can invest. I would like to thank the Committees that were involved. I would also like to thank my Governor, Hon. Chelilim, for receiving you and going through the whole process with you as you were auditing the requirements for the city status. I also thank the Ad Hoc Committee for a presentation that was well done. It made it good for us, as the residents of Uasin Gishu, to be considered by the Senate. I thank them and sincerely wish them well. As we go into the city status, I inform the Governor and his team that this is when the walk starts. It is one thing to qualify to be a city and it is another to be maintained as a city. They have to maintain the status of a city that they have been given. They must make sure that planning continues. This is because what brings down cities is having no plan, for example, when an industrial park is mixed with residential areas or when hotels are mixed with hospitals. So, I ask my Governor to go ahead and reorganize where there is a need for reorganization. This is because he assured us that if there is reorganization, he is going to do it. We want a clear plan so that the planning of our cities is very clear. We have been to cities where one whole street takes care of a specific kind of service. This is where we should be going as a country, so that we are not mixed up. Finally, I thank the Committee that was chaired by Sen. Abbas and you, Madam Temporary Speaker, as the Vice Chairperson. You did a wonderful job. God bless you. I support you."
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