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    "id": 1400427,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1400427/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Finally, Madam Temporary Speaker, is to agree with Sen. Cherarkey. We need elections in Athletics Kenya as soon as yesterday as the courts directed. Kenya is preparing to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics. There is a lot of confusion. I wish that the Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs, Sports and the Arts, Hon. Ababu, could come out a bit more clearly with a roadmap. Have a meeting with all these stakeholders, together with the athletes, and the officials. Sit down and agree on the way forward. Sports cannot be relegated to be just another industry that is performing dismally as we watch. I know we have a similar problem that is looming in our football. There are supposed to be Football Kenya Federations (FKF) elections. The courts have denied FKF from holding an Annual General Meeting (AGM) because there are disagreements among the membership. We tell Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba to take the lead in resolving the issues around athletics and sports. These are extremely important industries that provide employment opportunities to many of our young people who can ply their trade by either playing football or running in the various Capitals of the world. Therefore, it is my humble request to the Cabinet Secretary to be more vocal, be it at the centre of this conversation and update the country, so that we are settled and we know that there is a plan. Our athletes and sportsmen in football, rugby and athletics, will not waste their talents due to wrangles in the various unions, I thank you."
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