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    "id": 292462,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kabondo wa Kabando",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 31,
        "legal_name": "Kabando wa Kabando",
        "slug": "kabando-kabando"
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that wrangles in cricket management are affecting the quality and standard services rendered by the cricket body. Investigations have revealed that this has been caused by the nomination of delegates from Nairobi Province to represent Nairobi Province Cricket Association (NPCA) in the national elections when actually there were no elections held. The Cricket Kenya Annual General Meeting (AGM) was scheduled for 27th May, this year and to prepare for this, the NPCA nominated eight delegates who were to agree among themselves on three people who would be presented as candidates in the Cricket Kenya elections as chairperson, treasurer and Development Officer but this ended up in a stalemate. As Cricket Kenya prepared for the AGM on this date, Mr. Tom Tikolo obtained a court injunction stopping the Nairobi delegates from participating in the AGM. The matter is currently in court. To help resolve the stalemate, I have instructed the clubs in Nairobi and the Executive Committee to initiate dialogue amongst themselves and try to come up with an amicable solution to the stalemate. (b) Yes, I am aware that the coach and the Chief Executive Officer earn salaries commensurate with their qualifications and experience. The coach was hired based on his qualification and as per the International Kenya Cricket Council requirements which is a minimum of level three coupled with experience in coaching senior teams in the test playing countries. The CEO’s emoluments have a basic salary component and earnings of 20 per cent commission for every sponsorship deal that he brings to the association. The current CEO was hired in a World Cup year where big sponsorship was obtained for the team and this may explain the high payments he receives from the organization. If both the coach and the CEO, therefore, earn more than the players, which I am not aware, it will be due to this reason. (c) As I have stated above, I have taken action to ensure that free and fair elections are conducted to enable efficient and effective management of cricket in the country and avoid unnecessary squabbles. I will also institute an independent audit to establish if there is any improper use of funds. I have given directions to my technical team to pursue this to that effect."
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