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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipchumba Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "I received your letter. Thank you very much. We will consider it. When it comes to Hon. Gitonga Mukunji's question, yes, I am informed that before the Embu Stadium was constructed, Njukiri Stadium was supposed to be the first one. So, we will see in the queue how else we can come back to Embu after considering a few of your colleagues here who are in serious problems. At least, you have one stadium. Because of Madaraka Day, it moved to Embu, but initially Njukiri Stadium was supposed to be the priority in that place. You have asked the question of office furniture. I almost said what Mr. Mario Balotelli once said: “Why always me”? The Cabinet Secretary does not furnish offices nor procure furniture for furnishing offices. The truth of the matter is that the furniture that is established there is part of furniture for Talanta offices. We have not fully occupied Talanta yet. In fact, the Principal Secretary’s office is still squatting somewhere. The Principal Secretary has not moved to Talanta . For people who know it, it is a new building. So, it is being re-done and then it will be furnished. Luckily, my predecessor was there and when I came in, the furniture was moved to other offices and other furniture was brought there. I did not move with the furniture from the Ministry of Transport. It is the work of the Ministry to furnish the entire building and that will go on until all the stuff is done. The reason I asked “why always me” is that people are saying the furniture is very beautiful and yet, it is the furniture that is in all the other Ministry offices across the country. However, I am used to that now. Hon. Onesmus Ngogoyo, very true. I recently had a meeting with Ms. Mary Moraa after she came from the Diamond League. She has also trained there. She came with Mr. Timothy Cheruiyot and we had a long discussion about what we should do with Ngong. I agree with you that we should prioritise Ngong. Other than Iten, Ngong is the other place that has very many high-altitude training athletes and we are going to do something to make sure that it is sorted out. That includes both the stadium for track events and the routes that are used to run along the hills. When county governments are giving out permits for people to construct, they need to take care of routes that are used for training. We need to preserve Ngong as a jewel for our athletes. We deserve to do so. Hon. Owen Baya, what you said is true. There is a plan to do something in Shanzu to start with. Shanzu is in Mombasa. I believe that we should also move to Kilifi County to make 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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