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    "speaker_name": "Sen Orwoba",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, there is a very important message in Sen. Cherarkey’s Statement in terms of calling on Athletics Kenya (AK) to investigate and make sure that we do not have unscrupulous agents in the industry. I thank Sen. Mungatana for clarifying what we witnessed. We call that match-fixing. There is absolutely no way based on what I saw with my own eyes that those Chinese athletes beat Kenyans. There is no way. That was outright match-fixing. We know that the economic times are hard for both the Chinese and Kenyans, but we should not allow this kind of corruption into the field of athletics. We know that in match-fixing, someone is sat down, instructed to agree to not win and they are paid some money. Investigations need to be conducted. If this continues, our athletes are going to ensure that they win the first match; show their prowess and then use the backdoor to negotiate with the Chinese on how they are going to allow them to win a marathon. Madam Temporary Speaker, if the Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs, Sports and the Arts, Hon. Ababu Namwamba, is listening, the call is very clear. There is some shoddy business going on behind the scenes and he needs to act on it before it is devolved down to our training centers at the grassroots at the county level. We are not known to be discriminative and the Chinese are very industrious. We could be here talking about it, yet there could be a whole operation going on in Nandi County where Sen. Cherarkey comes from. Congratulations to the ladies. Again, the issue of unscrupulous agents has to be dealt with. Match-fixing needs to be talked about and dealt with from the top. I thank you."
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