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"speaker_name": "Hon. Kipchumba Murkomen",
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"content": "Hon. Speaker, the next part of the Question is the mandate of Kenya Academy of Sports. The Kenya Academy of Sports in line with the sports talent development has over the years undertaken various programmes and activities aimed at identifying and growing sports talents at the grassroots. They include: One, sports camp. The academy has so far provided training to 3,457 talented children and youth in different sports disciplines through sports camps in football, tennis, volleyball, basketball, rugby, hockey, swimming, deaf basketball, chess, netball, table tennis, among others. I have summarised in the table that I have attached. I do not need to read it again. Two, athletes’ scholarships. The academy awarded a scholarship to among others, Selfa Ojiambo, a talented but very needy and vulnerable girl who is 100-metre champion in primary school games. The academy admitted the girl at St. Catherine’s Nainga Girls and engaged her in training. In March 2023 as a result of the same, just as an example, Selfa won gold for Kenya in the 4x100 relay in under 18 girls in Dar-es-Salaam Tanzania. In April 2023, she was placed in the 4x400 relay team for Zambia where she was number three in the finals. This is just one example of some of the scholarships that have been given. Three, the academy facilitates training for athletes in various sports disciplines including football, basketball, volleyball, hockey and tennis. In collaborative training, the academy supports the sports organisations to organise sports tournaments like the Chess Tournament that was organised here in Nairobi with 500 chess players; Martial Arts Tournament in Meru where over 200 youth participated; Tong-II Moo-Do Kenya Tournament in Mombasa; Little League Baseball in Meru where 200 youths were involved in the games; the American Buffalo Baseball team who organised an American Independent Day Baseball Tournament in Kasarani; and Celebration of UNESCO International Day, among others. There are a number of activities. On the development of curriculum to guide training, the academy has already developed curriculum of six sports disciplines, among them, football, basketball, cricket, athletics, volleyball, golf and motorsport. There is mental skills training and psychosocial support for athletes when they are going for international events as listed. The Sports Talent Development and Training framework has been prepared by the academy and the objectives of that framework is to provide guidelines for selection and training of athletes and sports technical personnel, establish criteria for academy engagement and management of trainers, provide standards for establishment and The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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