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    "id": 448960,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we need to admit here that William Chirchir, when he beat Helguraj from Morroco, was my desk mate. We agreed that I should pursue the academic angle as he pursues sports. In another world, it is possible that I would have been a world champion on the 3,000 steeplechase. It is important, therefore, for our counties to start realizing development of sports. In this period of World Cup, we should not just be celebrating the exploits of Messi, Neymar – Suarez is not a good example because he beat somebody the other day – and many other wonderful champions in the world. Can you imagine countries like Ecuador and Costa Rica are proceeding to the second round at the expense of countries like England, Spain and Italy? Can you imagine what kind of promotion that has given Costa Rica as a destination for tourism? What kind of wealth has it generated for superstars that were playing in local leagues? They will now go to play in Europe, in the most expensive leagues and earn foreign exchange for their countries just like Oliech and Mariga have done. We must be proud of Origi who scored a goal recently. He is a Belgian Kenyan who is making us proud. We must appreciate the fact that this country has immense talent. If Mr. Origi could do it, how many Origis are out there that have not been developed? Therefore, this law is very useful in assisting our counties to work together, partner with national Government and invest in sports. It is through sports that many countries have been able to get people from slums to become superstars. People like Mr. Oliech and others have become superstars and changed their families and our country. Therefore, I recommend that this Bill be passed by this House to give greater participation by the counties and the national Government. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to speak about the rights based approach to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). This is very important. The disaster management is a function of both levels of Government. Today if you go everywhere in the country, everybody has been displaced by something, somebody, some event; a landslide, an act of God or an act of man. That is a serious catastrophe. There is also the balance between the right to environment, the inter-generation rights that we want to bequeath our children, forests and wildlife for the next millions of years and also the fact that we must have our people live a decent life. That balance is very important and we must achieve it. The best way to do it is to ensure that country governments who are working with the local people can find solutions. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am speaking about this from experience as a person from Embobut. There is no reason we must chase people from the Embobut Forest or other indigenous forests. We can adopt the most historical ways of co-existence between the environment and the people, so that we do not remove people all the time The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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