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    "id": 1354059,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Namwamba",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "necessary information. There were instances of camp managers disappearing, making it difficult to undertake this exercise. Nonetheless, the Ministry issued 1,018 licensing application forms to the 53 training camps and other relevant target groups. These forms have yet to be returned. This is a process that is being followed up. I instructed the Sports Registrar to distribute licensing application forms to Athletics Kenya (AK) in February this year. The Federation is responsible for managing athletics in the country. A total of 300 application forms were provided to AK, who have committed to return the duly filled forms to the Ministry. Regarding Elgeyo-Marakwet County, it is worth noting that Elgeyo-Marakwet County currently boasts the highest number of training camps, primarily due to its high- altitude location and incredible beauty. I visited the other day, and I had difficulty leaving. Because of all these factors combined, Elgeyo-Marakwet is a popular destination for training camps. Some of the notable training camps in the county include- 1. Iten Athletics Training Camp, Jojo Camp (Asics Sponsored Camp), 2. Esmi Athletics Training Camp. 3. Kechei Ikaika Athletics Training Camp. 4. Kiprun Training Camp. 5. Volare Sports Training Camp via Runex. 6. St. Patrick's Iten. 7. Kapsait Athletics Training Camp 8. Sparks Training Camp in Kapcherop. 9. Kamwosor Community Athletics Camp. 10. Global Sports Communications Training Camp in Kaptagat, 11. Mokwo Training Camp, Rosa Athletics Camp in Kaptagat, 12. Kapnge'tuny Training Camp. The Ministry remains committed to ensuring that this whole space is better managed. We have put together a robust multi-agency team to help us deal with the challenge of doping. We have also given the team headed by the former Member of Parliament and elite athlete, Mr. Wesley Korir, the responsibility to start this exercise. I have information that they have started this process. Among the things they have done is to include a register of athletes. Currently, we need a database of all our athletes. This makes the anti-doping efforts quite problematic. They are creating a database for athletes and training camps to encourage athletes to be part of the programme. We have suspended a fee of Kshs2,000 payable for athletes to register to enter the database. We have waived this fee. I am encouraging all athletes to take advantage of this waiver and write for free to be part of the database. This database will include their training camps. Segment (b) of the question is how many foreign athletes are training in the camps, as mentioned above. As mentioned earlier, registering training camps and sportspersons in all training camps is an ongoing process. I must admit to this, hon. House, that it was an oversight for this Ministry not to have this information together previously. However, we are fixing"
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