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    "id": 1558491,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tabitha Mutinda",
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    "content": "Governments Additional Allocations Bill is concerned. They proposed Kshs405 billion as equitable share. The National Treasury also had the same proposal. However, we are not even sure of what will happen. It is like the National Assembly is trying to put down counties, which is not the best way to go. I urge the leadership of the National Assembly to sit with the leadership of the Senate and come up with an amicable solution as far as the issue of funds to the counties is concerned. I do not want to go to the other issues where we have had Bills from the National Assembly and others from the Senate as far as these funds are concerned. At the end of the day, they are serving our people at the village level. All these funds are supposed to serve our people. Back to the Bill, different sports cut across. Sen. Sifuna has talked about financing development of sports facilities, including stadia, gymnasiums and building tracks. That is good because buildings should also be maintained so that they are in the standards required. Sports should be broadened. We should not just narrow down to football because other sports are coming up, which should also be factored, so that talents are nurtured from a lower level. I agree that sports take place in schools and also mashinani levels where our young people mostly are. The Bill talks about funding to be given to teams that have a certificate of registration issued under the Sports Act, 2023. That is okay. It should not just be limited to support teams in learning institutions that are well established. Even those people who have decided to have their own teams should be supported. Clause 54F(2) states that a person who wishes to receive funding from the fund and meets the criteria set out under Section 54E shall, at least six months before commencement of financing, apply to the administrator of the fund in a manner as prescribed by the board. My concern is the duration of six months. I do not know why the Senator decided to put it. Six months is quite a long period for people to meet deadlines and be spot-on on what is required. For the administrators to plan accordingly and strategically, it would be wise to reduce that period to about three months, so that you do not give much room. There is this weakness of people seeking extension and things like that. At least they should lower it. I do not know why they decided six months. Maybe he will explain later. However, according to me, six months is quite a long period of time. The other day we saw a Kenyan grannies team called Mutei FC. Those are women aged between 52 and 75 years. I saw them cry with emotions of happiness for having achieved their dream of first, going outside this country and secondly, playing with international teams. They played with South Africa. The beautiful part is that when they won, they were overjoyed. This is what I asked myself. When they were at ages 25 and 40s, if they nurtured their talents then, what would we be having? Probably we would be having an international team. We would have a team that has excelled at the international level. That is a clear example of success when it comes to sports. I am very proud of this team. I am a patron of Kayole Starlets. It is a team made up of very young, beautiful and intelligent girls from Kayole. I support them very much. I am even happier because we represent in the city. This is the biggest county. Kayole Starlets is just one among the many teams that I support. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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