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    "id": 315422,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Minister",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 195,
        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
        "slug": "raila-odinga"
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Olympic games are humanity’s ultimate sporting event with the motto; “ Citius (faster), Altius (higher) and Fortius (stronger)”. The sporting men and the women of the world converge every four years to compete for no pay but to celebrate humans’ sporting spirit. The first modern Olympics were held in Greece in 1896 and were organized by the International Olympics Committee (IOC) formed two years earlier. The 1896 games were a revival of the ancient Greek Olympics which had been banned by the Roman Emperor Theodosius I over 1503 years earlier. The modern Olympics are divided into four categories, namely Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics which are held two years apart, every four years. There have been Summer Youth Olympics since 2010 and Winter Youth Olympics since 2012. The modern Olympic Games have been held every four years since 1896 with the exception of 1916, 1940 and 1944 as a result of the two World Wars. The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) was formed in 1955. In 1956, Kenya entered the Olympic family and participated in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne Australia. Since then, Kenya has participated in all Olympic Games except in Montreal in 1976 and Moscow in 1980 due to prevailing international political issues. Kenya has also participated in the Winter Olympics sending cross-country skiers to Nagano in 1998 and Salt Lake City in 2002 and Turin in 2006. Kenya’s 1956 Olympic Team included the legendary Nyandika Mayoro who posted fairly good times in the middle and long distance events but won no medals. In the1960 games in Rome, the great sprinter Sarafina Antao posted very good time but again without winning a medal. Kenya’s first Olympic medal was a bronze won by Wilson Kiprugut in Tokyo in 1964 in the men’s 800 meters. Naphtali Temu won Kenya’s first ever Olympic gold in Men’s 10,000 meters at the Mexico Games in 1968 but the performance of Kipchoge Keino at the Mexico games remains the stuff of legend. Kipchoge Keino who was suffering from gall stones defied his doctor’s advice and ran in the 5,000 meters winning a silver medal. He collapsed in the 10,000 meters with only a few laps to go and opted out of the 1,500 meters final the following day. On the day of the 1,500 meters final, Kipchoge Keino jogged from his hotel to the Olympics venue and announced that he was ready to compete. He won gold in the 1,500 metres final, leaving the nearest competitor 20 meters behind him. Kenya’s first female Olympic medal, a silver, was won by Pauline Konga in 1996 in the 5,000 meters race. Our first female gold medals were won by Pamela Jelimo and Nancy Lagat in 800 meters and 1,500 meters at the Beijing Olympics. Kenya’s best performance in the Olympics Games was in Beijing"
}