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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we want to encourage also our members of the National Assembly because in the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF), which we are now doing public participation on to ensure that we entrench it in the Constitution, there is a percentage dedicated to sports. They could start with 2 per cent as suggested here. Perhaps, we need to enhance it to 5 per cent so that they can partner with the governors to build up sports grounds. The governors can also partner with national Government to ensure we have stadia across the country. Kipchoge Stadium was supposed to be rebuilt to a modern stadium with a gymnasium and a sports academy attached to it. The same applies to Kamariny Stadium. Luckily, the other day things, the tenders were awarded. I hope the contractors who will be put in place will do a good job so that our athletes can have somewhere to train from. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is something that Sen. Cherarkey brought up. That there are many foreigners who are training in our high altitude grounds, especially in Iten. There are those who are training in Kapsabet and across the country, in Nakuru and Nanyuki. However, some of them are coming into the country without proper paperwork. Some come as tourists and train, yet, training is not tourism. So, we need to put in also mechanisms in place so that the counties and the country can get revenue when these athletes come to train in our country. Some of them have even come and trained. Somehow, when they go to compete internationally, have beaten our athletes. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is important that when the country is planning on issues, they need to be careful. We should not rush some matters. In fact, I was surprised. In the North Rift region, Turkana, West Pokot and Elgeyo Marakwet counties, and in some areas they have talked about the area in Chepalungu, I do not know whether the Executive, especially the Cabinet Secretaries, just came up with some funny policies in the morning and said. “From tomorrow, we are not doing this.” I do not know whether the Executive, especially the Cabinet Secretaries, just came up with some funny policies in the morning and said, “From tomorrow, we are not doing this.” They need to know that the country is in a different era. We have a new Constitution where public participation is paramount. As we do these sports academies, we urge the Ministry responsible to do proper public participation so that the people are involved. The people should decide where the sports academies are located in the counties. For Elgeyo Marakwet County, we have had academies in Moi Kapcherop Girls in the Sengwer Ward and we have some in Iten. So, basically, we are asking the Ministry and the counties to sit down, do public participation so that we can identify areas where these sports academies will be, so that we nurture talent. Let our youth make money. Even as they do this, we are sending a warning to those who are responsible for this particular reclassification of areas from hardship to non-hardship. They say moderate hardship and then severe hardship. Elgeyo Marakwet County has been affected severely by insecurity. There is a lot of drought. We have three regions. We have a hanging valley in Elgeyo Marakwet County where there are no roads. How do these people expect the civil servants, teachers and our nurses not to benefit from hardship allowances? 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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