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    "id": 1397979,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu Namwamba",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports",
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    "content": " We have to admit that the scenario affecting our sportsmen and women has previously been really bad. Previously, we had never had a reward framework until this administration put in place a new rewards framework. Today, if you break a world record, we give you Ksh5 million. You win a gold medal, you know you have earned yourself Ksh3 million. Now, there is certainty. You know what you are competing for and what is available to you. We are now naming our facilities using the names of our sporting greats, and inducting them into a hall of fame. We have come a long way in providing a framework for sending a strong message that Kenyan sportsmen and women are a special breed of our population. They brand this country in a manner that we cannot quantify financially. Those two or three minutes someone takes to win an 800m Olympic gold medal, that moment when the Kenyan flag is rising in a foreign arena or that moment when the whole world is focused on this country, is invaluable in monetary terms. Previously, this country did not treat our sportsmen and women well. This administration is changing that in a deliberate, intentional, and structured fashion. One of the issues being reflected is the attention we are paying to issues like pensions. What happens to them after they retire? Also, issues like housing and healthcare. As we discuss the new framework for health insurance, we are initiating discussions with the Ministry of Health to have a special product for our sportsmen and women. We do not have the capabilities in all our health facilities to provide specialised attention to some life-changing injuries. The tools of the trade for our sportsmen and women are their body parts; their feet and arms. When they get an injury to their body, they are put out of life because that is their life. I assure this House that through the policy framework we are developing, we will fix the enforcement that Hon. Mayaka has mentioned. We will ensure that those who take responsibility, including federations and other sporting organisations, meet those responsibilities. We will enforce those obligations. I will go back to that framework because we believe we have done well. By having a good solid framework, we will solidify the interventions we are already making. Hon. Speaker, I submit."
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