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    "id": 22147,
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    "speaker_name": "Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Defence",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Kasaine Ole Nkaissery",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this very important Motion. In doing so I want, first of all, to congratulate the gallant citizens of this country who brought honor and respect to Kenya at Daegu, South Korea. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, apart from the heroes who have just come home, we have other heroes in the persons of Kipchoge Keino, Paul Tergat, David Rudisha, Robert Ouko, Tanui and very many others. These are people who have kept the name of Kenya at the top of the world. I would like to propose to this august House that we bring up a policy for the Government to put up benchmarks on sports. We should benchmark our sports on the standards of countries like Cuba and the United States of America so that our athletes and sportsmen, whether in soccer, hockey or in golf should be able to learn. I quite agree with Prof. Anyang’Nyong’o for saying that the sports academy should be build in this country. However, the question is when? We should set aside some money in the Supplementary Estimates so that we can establish the sports academy. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, out of over 200 countries, this nation called Kenya--- The only nation that this country did not beat are the two super powers. This is a wonder and these are great citizens who should be given not only awards. Myself, I have brought trophies to this Parliament! Hon. Elijah Lagat was the Boston Marathon Champion. We have people who can lead in the development of this policy even in this House. We congratulate the Amateur Athletics Association of Kenya (AAAK) for providing proper and prudent leadership to athletics, because that is the only sport in this country which is still doing very well. We would like to commend the Harambee Stars, we wish them luck and we wish that they beat the Ugandans. However, this is only through hardwork and good leadership. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do support this Motion. These heroes must be given the recognition they deserve."
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