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    "id": 646975,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Senate Majority Leader that the Anti-Doping Bill (National Assembly Bill No.6 of 2016) be read a Second time. I have only two points. First, I propose that we look at Clause 6, where the headquarters will be in Nairobi. We do not want to find this thing again, where, for example, we the sugar cane farmers find ourselves. We do sugar cane farming and when we want to sort out our issues; we end up coming to Nairobi as the headquarters. I am not saying that athletes are only in certain parts of the country but since the people who have demonstrated excellence happen to come from one corner of the country, let us allow the headquarters to be in Iten so that the spirit of devolution is also captured. Secondly, this amendment concerns Clause 10 on the composition. There are two things here. If you look at sub-clause (e), we have given the power of appointing these five people to the Cabinet Secretary. In view of the fact that sports is fully devolved, it should not be the Cabinet Secretary. We should give this role to the Council of Governors (CoG). They can identify these five people. What is more? If you go back to Clause 2; it speaks to administration of the agents. It clearly states that the only exemption is where a substance is being administered from bona fide medical personnel. If in Clause 2, we have seen the wisdom of allowing substances that are given for medicinal reasons and other things by bona fide medical personnel, then, it is important that a member from the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board (KMPDB) should also sit on the panel to guide them; that, for example, this substance is ordinarily given for treatment of asthma or some other condition. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, my second and last point is to thank the President for the effort that he has taken to ensure that we have come where we are. Otherwise, our athletes were going to be locked out. As we thank him, we would like to remind him to The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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