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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kamama",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, I want to thank the Mover of the Motion for bringing it here at this point in time, when everybody is in a mood of celebration. I want to congratulate our athletics team, which did very well in Daegu, South Korea. This country has tremendous potential not only in athletics but also in other sports, including the hobby of my friend, hon. Khalwale – Bull Fighting. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have not harnessed this country’s sporting potential to the best of our expectation. First of all, our athletes must be rewarded handsomely, so that they can have the encouragement to move on with sports. I would suggest that every athlete with a medal gets something close to Kshs1 million, instead of talking of providing them with houses and whatever. Our heroes and heroines in sports must also be rewarded through medals and a package that they can retire on. Most of them are actually living in squalor, if I may use that word, despite the fact that they did this country proud during their youthful lives. Some of them used to run bare foot but they won medals. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as a matter of urgency, the Minister should come up with a policy to have a sports academy at the national level, which can later have branches at the lower level, so that every county will have its own sports academy. We must also have systems of nurturing the talents of young people and taking them to the sports academies, so that their talents can be developed. If we want us to effectively train our sportsmen and sports women, we need to visit the University of Sports and Athletics in Cuba. We need to visit Jamaica and borrow a lot from the United States of America (USA), France and China. Once we harness those experiences, we will come up with the best facilities and the best policies of managing athletics in this country. With those few remarks, I beg to support the Motion."
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