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    "id": 366434,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Serem",
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        "legal_name": "Cornelly Serem",
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    "content": "Thank you hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion. Looking at the issues that hon. Korir has raised, I have no reason not to support this Motion. First, I agree with the Mover of the Motion that this country has so much talent which is untapped. Our athletes leave this country and go abroad, and because of negligence on our part as a country, we find them moving to other countries to become immigrants there. We have so many athletes in Qatar and Dubai. We have so many athletes migrating to Dubai and changing their citizenship because they feel that they are not honoured in their own country. It is high time the issue that was raised by hon. Korir was taken into account. If you look at the remittances that come from the Diaspora, which our athletes contribute, you will appreciate that these people inject so much money into our economy that we cannot afford to take them for granted. I agree that it is very difficult for us to guarantee each athlete’s safety in the various countries they operate from, but a registry of their whereabouts can be kept. I am privileged to have been to the United States of America (USA), where there is a system for tracking all the foreign students. So, what has been suggested by hon. hon. Korir is not a matter of reinventing the wheel. It is something possible. If we created a database of all those who leave this country for the purpose of participating in sports, we will not be worried whenever there is a problem outside this country. In addition to that, we should have a system of ensuring that trainers and sponsors do not exploit our athletes. If you interact with some of the athletes, they will"
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