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    "id": 342858,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/342858/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Namwamba",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "I know, therefore, that with some of the measures that have been set out in this Bill, we should address a lot of these challenges. It gladdens me that the Members are very passionate about the welfare of our sportsmen and women who have brought so much honour and who continue to bring so much pride to this country. They continue to fly our national flag with a lot of pride. I want to assure the House that we have put a number of measures in the Bill. We will be looking for further measures that I have had occasion to discuss with the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare which will address some of these issues. One of those issues is the question of taxation which we have specifically addressed in some of the amendments that will come to the House at the Committee Stage. I have had occasion to engage with our athletes on this question of taxation. I have had occasion to engage with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and my position has been that we should not kill the goose that lays the golden egg. I have given the example of David Rudisha setting a new world record in the 800 meters during the August 2012 Olympics; one minute, 40 seconds, 91 milliseconds. That still stands as the World Record in the 800 meters. The one minute, 40 seconds and 91 milliseconds that it took David Rudisha to set that record, for that one minute and 40 seconds, the entire globe riveted to their television sets. The marketing and the branding value that Kenya received in that magical moment is one I asked Mr. Njiraini and his"
}