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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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    "content": "I am talking about this ownership structure that must be predicated upon proper running of our clubs, proper running of Gor Mahia, Shabana FC, Police FC and even the volleyball that we are seeing in the country run by amazing women. If you think about sports the counties will be confronted by either developing or renting proper facilities for these sports. The recurring budget in that will be so humongous that the counties will not even be able to manage. Now, the Bill here proposes a management structure that is ordinary. Basically get somebody with a degree that then can run and manage this club just like you are running any other county entity that is established under PFM Act Section 184. If we did that how can you guarantee quality and valuable time for the athletes that you want to invest in to compete at a global stage? It will be very difficult. Mr. Temporary Speaker, the overall comment that I am making here for the owners of this Bill - and I am glad that Sen. Chimera just walked in - is that this Bill must be reviewed within starting from the ownership structure that allows the clubs to put a scheme that allows young people to be able to engage in sports. Why this is very important for us? We have seen it thriving in other places is because by clubs owning the structure of academies, number one, they will be very clear in terms of their mission and vision. The Bill says that there will be a requirement for every single county government to establish at least one sports academy. How do you vision and mission that? For instance, in Migori County, where I come from, we have got very many young women who are very good at netball. We have many good young men who are very good at volleyball or even soccer. How do you vision a county being able to put up a soccer structure at the expense of a netball structure? You can allow netball to be a club by itself and have it well run, but supported by counties in terms of resources given in subsidized form. With that, you will have a netball structure that has a clear vision and the same can apply to a soccer club. You can also have an athletic club that has a clear vision and mission, which will then build a competitive team. I hope Sen. Chimera will look for me in order for us to have a sit down and look at the minimum viable option of running these sports academy. It will not be right to get an employee to run or manage these committees. This is because sports runs on passion. A number of managers are actually coaches. They do not just coach the technical bit of the sport, but they also coach the mental bit. They have an understanding of the athletes as they work on developing their talent. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the technical aspect that is required in sporting might not necessarily be the degree that is prescribed here. It might not be necessarily the qualification prescribed here. It is more of the technical connection, passion and the valuable time that somebody has spent in sports that allows them to connect on the same level with the athletes. That enables the proper crafting of a compelling curriculum, which then constitutes a sports academy. A sports academy will not have a typical curriculum like that of a normal education system. It will require a curriculum based on the technical understanding of the management. 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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