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    "id": 1563521,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. The Sports (Amendment) Bill, (Senate Bills No.2 of 2024) seeks to amend the main Sports Act by inserting an amendment after Section 38, which seeks to make it mandatory that each county shall establish a sports academy. I am fortunate to have a daughter who is studying in Madrid, Spain, right now, in one of the universities that is sponsored by one of the biggest football clubs in the world. They not only have a sports academy or a football academy; it is a university that is dedicated to sporting activity. So, I have a little experience of how a sports academy should look like. This law has come at a good time in this country because many of our youths have not been supported in their talents. Those who have musical talents have gone into the digital space and they have made a living out of it. However, those with football, athletic, volleyball and swimming talents, it has been very difficult and unless you come from a privileged family, you cannot make it. When I had an office practicing as a lawyer somewhere up the road in Kikuyu, I remember one young man coming to see me. He told me, he had a running talent, but did not have anybody to stand with him. We got to know each other when he was washing my car. I saw something different in him. When I was engaging him, he told me he would come to see me in my office so that he would explain to me his predicament and why he cleans cars. He told me that he cleans cars because he was trying to raise money so that he can run in a paid race. As he cleaned these cars, he was also trying to get good food to eat so that he could eat the required food. He could hardly pay his coach. He ran away from the first person who sponsored him because he was exploiting him. He made him sign a contract that when he runs and becomes number two, he would take almost everything. He did not know anything about the sports business when he started running. So, he lost and did not make money. Therefore, he terminated that contract and was trying to freelance while looking for people to support him. I did what I could with that young man. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, first of all, let us state that when this Bill becomes law, we will have sports academies, not football academies. Most people in Kenya confuse sports with football or athletics. No, no, no, it is not running and footballing 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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