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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other thing that is important in this Bill is the establishment of a National Sports Fund. If you look at any other country, when people go out to do sports and win even one medal, their president goes to receive them but in our country, we receive more than ten gold medals and nobody goes to receive our athletes or give them an award. You can see what Uganda is doing with their athletes and we are not doing the same. This is a Bill that is going to look at the issues that will promote the interest of sportsmen and sports women of this country who have taken the name of this country to many levels. The other thing that is very important is the establishment of the Kenya National Sports Institute. This institution will look at all the other organizations that will be under it. This will be an oversight institution that will look critically at the activities that affect sports and the athletes will be comfortable. The sportsmen and women of this country have been asking and yearning to have a Sports Bill in this country. I know that we are speaking for many Kenyans today. We are speaking for the athletes of this country. I would like to tell the Minister that this is a very good Bill. We have amendments which we agreed with the Minister and we will move them when we move to the next stage. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other principle which is captured here is recreation. Our children all over this country have missed places for recreation. We have these facilities here in Nairobi but if you go to the rural centres, you will find our children playing in the streets. They think vehicles are toys to play with. We have many accidents because children do not have facilities to play in. They play in the streets while thinking that those are the places meant for recreation. I want to thank the Minister. This is very important because it will give children an opportunity of growth. When you give them recreation facilities, you are giving them an opportunity for growth. Once you give them an opportunity for growth, it means that they will be focused and be responsible Kenyans who will stand up and lead this country to the next level. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support this Bill. Thank you very much."
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