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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Onyura",
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        "legal_name": "Michael Aringo Onyura",
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    "content": "late. It looks like everybody was waiting for it. Athletes have been looking forward to it as well as this House. It looks like even the rest of the world was waiting for us to take this step. After the Bill was published and the President made comments, it was headline news in many international media agencies. This is because of the name Kenya has made for herself in athletics. I believe that we have a lot of support all over the world. It was worrying for the rest of the world that we might miss being in Rio in the next Olympics. We are the Brazil of athletics, so to speak. We have said severally that it is not just a question of enacting laws. In many cases, it is not the lack of law that has made us fail to comply with certain things. The issue of awareness and education is key. The agency that will be set up should put a lot of emphasis on that. In Kenya, we have youth with a lot of talent right across which we can nature. This is natural talent without having to taint it with some of these substances that we are talking about. When our athletes are participating, we see the level of patriotism, emotion and interest that we all participate with even just watching them on television. We get involved with our families and everybody urges them on. When the Kenya National Anthem is played at the podium, you feel a sense of patriotism. You feel high up and thank God for creating you a Kenyan. You can imagine what it feels if after a while you get reports that the champion has been snatched the medal or disqualified. You feel embarrassed and completely deflated. I want to urge our youth to desist from this habit. This legal framework will assist in enforcing this. There are many other things that are a threat to our sports and athletics. Even mismanagement of the affairs of the various sporting bodies, be it football or athletics affect performance. Rugby is also having problems. Those are threats to our sports and they need to be addressed. There is need for infrastructural development like stadia. The Jubilee Government promised to put up high quality stadia in each region, but we do not see them. County governments should take up this challenge to ensure they develop sporting facilities in every county. That will also encourage participation. I support this Bill. Thank you for the opportunity."
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