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"speaker_name": "Mr. Wetangula",
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"content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank Eng. Gumbo for bringing this Motion. If you may recall, there is a young man called Peter Rono who won a gold medal in Seoul. When he was asked to comment, he said that it is easier to win a gold medal in the Olympics than to qualify in Kenya to go to the Olympics. That explains the level of talent we have in this country and the determination in our youth. I want to salute our athletes who have done very well in Korea. Watching television and seeing our young boys and girls slide past their competitors, I felt very proud. These young talents need counseling, advice and management. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when you reflect on the tragic case of Henry Rono, Pamela Jelimo and Wanjiru, you realize that these young people must be assisted to manage their success. This is because success has to be managed if we have to get the best out of it. Secondly, these athletes do much more for this country in terms of marketing and extending our diplomatic engagement more than even, sometimes, our diplomatic staff. I would like to say that I will request the President and Prime Minister to allow the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Immigration to extend diplomatic passports to these excellent athletes who have given this country the wonderful image and name. If you look at Uganda and other countries where they produce one or two good athletes in ten or 15 years, as soon as they identify talent, they give them a national profile. I think we should do the same in this country."
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