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    "id": 645162,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Ombaka",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Christine Oduor Ombaka",
        "slug": "christine-oduor-ombaka"
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity. This is a very good Bill. Drug addiction is dangerous not only to sportsmen and women, but to anyone who consumes them anywhere in the world. This is a good Bill simply because it is protecting the heroes of this nation. These are people that we admire who have brought gold medals to us, earned a lot of money and brought success stories to us. We need to protect them because they contribute to the name of this nation as the country continues to be admired worldwide. In trying to protect them through this Bill, we are preserving the history of this nation. However, I wish this Bill also concentrates on local sports that are done in villages. I deal with young people in sports and I notice that they participate in drinking as they participate in sports in order to win. They have the sense that in order to win, you need to enhance your body with some kind of substance, so that you can win. It boils down to the local areas and this Bill should apply to our local sports without focussing on athletics alone. It is alleged that musicians take drugs to perform in public. These are people who are involved in the entertainment world. They are good people, we love to watch them perform, but they take drugs in order to perform well. Musicians and athletes are known for that. When I was in high school, I was a swimmer and one day, a young boy came to swim while drunk and he drowned in the pool. This is a good Bill, but it must encompass participants in all the sports and not only at the international level, but also locally. People are dying in sports locally, but we do not know that. It is happening all the time. In any competition, people try to cheat. We even saw in national exams last year people trying to cheat in order to get grade “A” or pass very well. This is a good Bill that is going to protect sportspeople in the country. In conclusion, I support the Bill. We need to extend it to involve local sportsmen and women and all those who are involved in entertainment."
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