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    "speaker_name": "Mr. M.I. Elmi",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Development of Northern Kenya and Other Arid Lands",
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        "legal_name": "Mohamed Ibrahim Elmi",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I thank you for allowing the Member of Parliament for Rarieda to donate two minutes of his time to me. I want to support the Motion. However, I want to say that this should be much more comprehensive. We should not just dwell on their retirement. We should have a package which will facilitate entry of our youths into sports and take care of their training, reduce their suffering from injuries and other problems they encounter later in life. I fully agree that in order to encourage them in their career, they should have a retirement package which the Government should regulate, so that our national heroes do not become an eyesore to our population. Such a scenario would discourage a lot of young people from joining sports; when they see our sportsmen and sportswomen languishing in pain and problems in their retirement. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this should happen throughout the country. It should not happen just in a few pockets of the country. In Northern Kenya and other ASAL areas, which I represent, there is a lot of talent but from the 12 counties that are completely arid in this country, there is no single sporting facility although we have already produced international sportsmen and sportswomen from West Pokot and Turkana Counties. We have people who excel in shooting competitions. That could be another sport which could earn us a lot of money, instead of having our youths engaging in cattle raids. We have young men and young women who can really shoot straight and bring a lot of medals to this country. With those few remarks, I would like to support the Motion."
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