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    "id": 1397983,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1397983/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ababu 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": " I could not agree more. My heart is dancing with joy, listening to your acknowledge something that has become a gospel for me. We should keep reminding ourselves and the world that our sportsmen and women are the goose that lays the golden egg and brand Kenya. Nothing brands this country more or better than these great Kenyans. Hon. Speaker, indeed, I can confirm to you that the process has already started. Today, we are talking about the preparation of Kenya House in Paris for the Olympics in the summer. We have already put together a multi-agency team from the Ministry of Youth Affairs, Creative Affairs and Sports, Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage, Ministry of Trade, Investment and Industry, and Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs to see how to curate that special Kenyan space. Where the world will come and interact with the very best of Kenya. We have already lined up Ferdinand Omanyala and Faith Kipyegon to make special appearances at Kenya House and interact with the world as part of branding our country. Protocol services are important. So, I thank our ambassadors who have come on board through the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs. Let me make a special mention of Ambassador Matwang'a in Rome, who was hands-on last weekend when Kenya swept and painted Rome. It almost became Kenya because Kenyans in both men and women categories emerged as winners, and he stood by those great sportsmen and women. That is what we are encouraging our ambassadors and heads of missions across the world to do. I have also been telling our athletes, and I can repeat that here. That, when a foreign journalist thrusts a microphone on your face, and you are still panting from that race, speak the language you are most comfortable with. Watajipanga with an interpreter. You can speak Swahili, Luhya or Kalenjin. Ordinarily, they will sort themselves out with interpretation because you express yourself best in the language of the first instruction. If you are comfortable with these languages, nothing will stop you from learning them. Hon. Speaker, I agree that having protocol services and officers to support them in these moments is indispensable. We shall follow that through. Thank you."
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