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    "id": 631643,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Chairman for that response. However, just as Sen. Okong’o mentioned, there are a lot of intentions in this, yet time is running out. All sports activities where the State has had a hand are in disarray. There have been scandals with regard to soccer and volleyball. Now the same is coming to athletics. All State sponsored sports initiatives and promises made by the Government have not come to fruition. We all recall that the current Government promised five stadia. By now we should have seen, at least, two or three stadia, but this has remained a mirage. The reason I am bringing this up is that the assurances we are getting today from the Chairman of the Committee might as well be a mirage, just like the five stadia that this country was promised. Russia has been suspended from international competitions because of what is called “state sponsored doping”. What is happening in Kenya does not seem to be very different from what has happened in Russia. Kenya is an athletics powerhouse. We won the world championships in Beijing in 2015, but we should not delude ourselves that because we are good at running we cannot be suspended from international competitions. The Olympics is coming up in August and there is a high likelihood that if we do not meet the deadline that has been set for 6th April, our athletes will not be allowed to go to Rio. Could the Chair of the Committee come back to this House with a more comprehensive undertaking and assure us that our athletes will not in any way be affected? There are many hardworking young men and women who deserve to go to Rio because they do not take performance enhancing drugs. We know that the issue of legislation is a matter in the National Assembly, but---"
}