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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tabitha Mutinda",
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    "content": "should be specific. When you do your degree, there is specialization and there is a reason for that. Therefore, that is important. Sports is not just about football. When you talk about sports, what comes to people’s minds is football and other main sports. There are many other different sports apart from volleyball, basketball and others. We have other sports in place that should be encouraged. They could be indoor or outdoor games. Our young people should be encouraged through the sports academies to continue nurturing their talents. I listened to Sen. Osotsi when he talked about buildings. Passing knowledge and skills does not need you to be confined in specific spaces. Knowledge and skills are passed by qualified persons and people who are being imparted should be ready to receive that. What am I trying to say? We have our learning institutions such as primary schools. Like in Nairobi, we have over 100 primary and high schools. When schools close especially during April, August and December holidays, those classrooms are not utilised. When this Bill passes, we can start with our public institutions to be used for passing of skills to take place. Learning institutions, including universities and technical institutions, can be utilised to kick-start sports academies. We do not need to wait for funding to build big institutions with big rooms. We can start with what we have. We have classrooms, which can be used, especially during school holidays. The Bill also talks about protection of minors in sports and that has been covered well. Young people are coming up, but at times they do not have guardians or older persons to guide them well. Sometimes they do not get agents who are qualified and have the same ambitions in matters sports. Sometimes we have young talents starting well, but at some point they lose it. One reason could be poor management. We should have thorough scrutiny even when managers are the ones helping those young people to enroll in sports. They should be genuine and having the same vision and goal, with a minor who is talented to be able to perform the different sports activities. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, at the same time, there is the issue of the mental health cases. We have seen people who have engaged in different sports like the boxing activity, whereby after some time, someone is not even able to focus or continue with normal life. This could be because of the injuries. The Bill should also bring about the element of how minors who have guardians should be protected, even when they are signing these contracts. There should be guidelines. The movers of the Bill should also instill the issue of mental health cases, where we have seen some people started very well and at some point, they lost it. You are told that this was a champion, but years later down the line, either the manager misappropriated the funds, there was no correct management and they lose it. What happens with the younger people who want to emulate and walk the journey? It becomes very discouraging. So mental health should be addressed in this Bill, so that sports do not just end at a certain level. 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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