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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me first thank the Mover of this Bill, the Leader of the Majority Party, for having moved it very eloquently. With your permission, Hon. Speaker, I stand to second. I start by congratulating two members of this House: Hon. Elijah Lagat, MP for Chesumei and Hon. Wesley Korir, the Member for Cherangany, for having done this country proud in their youthful years by representing this country in different sporting activities and won gold medals. This is a very important Bill. Sporting has earned this country a lot of respect globally. It is always very emotional, attaching and very good to see our flag being raised in the international arena because our athletes have won events. Other than that, it has also earned this country good cash in terms of revenue. It is a good way of marketing this country internationally. A lot of tourists have known this country through athletics. It is also a very good base for stabilising individual families in our own country. A lot of money from the diaspora comes to this country through sporting. However, this thing called doping is very dangerous. It can kill this very important sport. The Bill has defined what doping is. It is good to remind the House that it refers to the use of banned performance enhancing drugs by athletic competitors to improve training and sporting results. The use of these drugs to enhance performance is considered unethical. The key word here is “unethical”. Therefore, what we are discussing today is trying to bring sanity as well as ethical practices in sports. According to most international sports organisations, including the International Olympic Committee, doping is unethical. I am very sure we are discussing this Bill because of the upcoming Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in August this year. I thank the World Anti-Doping Code and also the United Nations (UN) for giving Kenya some window. The deadline was within the time of recess. They moved it to 2nd May 2016. That is a good gesture because we have seen some countries being banned from participating in the forthcoming Olympics in Rio, Brazil, including a big country like Russia. However, Kenya has been given that window to pass this legislation. I call upon my colleagues to pass it without any further delay. There are some drugs like the steroids that often come to mind when we talk about doping. However, doping also includes use of other forbidden drugs such as stimulants, hormones, diuretics, narcotics and marijuana and also the use of the forbidden methods such as blood transfusion or gene doping. Even the refusal to take a drug test is prohibited. Any attempt to tamper with doping control is a crime. The second point is about anti-doping violation. These are circumstances which constitute a violation of anti-doping rules. This includes the presence of a prohibited substance in an athlete’s sample. The use or the attempted use of a prohibited substance or method, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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