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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Kibunguchy",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Wamalwa Kibunguchy",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Before I make my contribution, because we are now talking about sports, it is good to announce to the House that our girls’ team, the Harambee Starlets, has qualified to go and play in the women football. I support this Bill. I will talk on two areas only. One, penalties should go towards the various actors that surround this whole concept of doping. In my view, quite a number of the athletes who are caught up in this trap of doping do it out of their intentions. To me, the people to blame are their agents, couches or managers. I would like Hon. Were to take that into consideration when we come up with amendments. Couches, agents and managers are the people who need to be punished harshest. Quite a number of these athletes, especially the ones who are just starting in their fields, are quite naïve and they can be misled. I am sure they are usually misled by the agents. The agents earn according to the amount of money that the athletes get. They earn on percentage basis. So, the more the athlete earns, the more the agent will earn. The second area that I would like to talk about is not quite directly related to this. As a country, I would like us to seriously think about how we can set up sports academies virtually in every corner of this country. I know areas where athletics is the supreme sport. Certain other areas have managed to produce people who are excellent in football, rugby and boxing. If we were to set up these academies, we can start tapping some of these very young people at a very tender age and mould them and we can excel in many fields of sports. Finally, I would like to commend our athletes. More than anything else, people talk about them earning a lot of money and investing in our economy. The one thing they do in this country, which is priceless, is that they have put Kenya on the world map. Many people know about Kenya because of our athletes who do very well out there. In a way, these athletes, more than politicians, work to unify this country. Every time we watch them on television running, regardless of where you come from, which party you support or which tribe you are, you cheer them because they are Kenyans. They bring us together. For 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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