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"content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is sad that after nearly 49 years of Independence we are still talking about making cricket a game that is played by everybody in Kenya. I think that is a failure, perhaps, on the part of our Government to invest in facilities, training and to produce a more balanced cricket team than the one we have at the moment. From my own experience of other countries where cricket is played, I know that it is played by working class people. This is true of India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka where there is a lot of interest in cricket. However, in our case, cricket is played by, probably, the middle class and above and you cannot simply introduce racial connotations. The Asians excel in this game because they have invested in it and they love the game. We should select our teams in accordance with merit rather than colour. It"
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