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    "id": 366429,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/366429/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Ng’eny",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1104,
        "legal_name": "Eusilah Jepkosgei Ngeny",
        "slug": "eusilah-jepkosgei-ngeny"
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    "content": "Thank you hon. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Motion and I just want to thank my friend, who is an athlete and a member of the Kenyan team which has actually been going out for athletics, for bringing this Motion. Athletics has brought a lot of fame to this country. Athletics has actually made this country to be known worldwide. Even the tourists who come to this country to see our vast wildlife hear the name of Kenyan being mentioned because of the athletes who have put this country in the world map. It is so pathetic that we talk about people who have brought fame to this nation, but we leave them to their own devices. To survive on their own when they are representing us, whether in Olympics or in other contests, is so pathetic. I think it is time the nation looked at its history, not only in the athletic field but also in other fields of sports. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we remember so many names of great sportsmen and women who have been representing this country either in football, cricket, and also athletics. When you look at those people, especially those who have retired from the field of sports, and who no longer run or play football, they live in pathetic conditions. I believe this Motion is a reminder to our Government that it is time we looked at the welfare of these great men and women who brought fame to our nation. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support this Motion because since Independence Kenya has won not less than 86 gold medals. It is time we looked after the people who keep on bringing home these medals. We should not just call them to State House when they are going abroad to run or even when they come back. We call them to State House and give them some little money and we leave them to go out there. In the last marathon, incidents of insecurity occurred. I remember there were so many people who were so anxious to know the whereabouts, of our citizens and so many other sports people in that event. We did not know whether they had survived the bomb, nor did we know their whereabouts, and so many other things. I think it is time our country put in place tracking machines, which can enable us to know the whereabouts of"
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