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    "id": 342842,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Chanzu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also want to join my colleagues in congratulating the Minister for bringing this Bill, which is long overdue. We have talked about the issue of sports and sportsmen in this country for a long time. There are people who have earned the country a very good name and reputation, but their efforts have not been noted. This Bill will bring order and professionalism in the sports sector in the country. There are those who have played soccer for this country before the standards of football in the country went down. There are those who did very well in the past. Examples are Elijah Lidonde, Kadenge and others. Today Kadenge operates a taxi from some place in Hurligham. Sometime back, he was hospitalised. People had to send out messages to collect money for his treatment. I think what he has done for the country would have enabled us to take care of him in old age. I am sure that once we get the Bill in place, it will be possible and easy to put this in some kind of order. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is also the issue of funding of sports. You have seen what has happened. Sometimes players are not able to go and play because they have not been given their allowances. This is because we have not had an orderly way of funding these activities. I am sure with the Bill in place there will be order and it will be possible for somebody responsible for sports to follow up some of these issues. The other aspect which I think should be important here is taking cognizant of the fact that a large proportion of the population of Kenya; 70 per cent and above, is composed of the youth. We have youth who sometimes because of being idle end up getting into activities which are not good or are harmful to their lives and their future. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I believe that with this Bill in place there can be some order and we can fund sports activities even at the grassroots LE levels; including some play grounds which the Minister mentioned in the budget a number of years back. He said we were going to create sports facilities in every constituency. This has, however, not been achieved up to now. I am sure with this Bill in place we can follow up this matter and achieve this."
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