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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, protect me from the Senator for Mombasa because he is pursuing party politics. He is telling me that two of the leaders in CORD have become “moles”. The point is that the pressure is still on. We have tried to resist it, but nobody is listening to us. The answer we are getting is that we are leaders in sports and athletics, and we must lead by example. My plea to those of us who might have read the Bill or had amendments that are not part of what the WADA has specifically said we must do – I cannot injunct any senator or this house from doing what it must do. However, we have to make sure that people do not use the excuse of our legal framework to bar our sports people from participating in Rio de Janeiro. The embarrassment is huge because out there in the public opinion, the implication, if we do not participate, will be that maybe Kenya has been winning by unorthodox or dubious means. These athletes and sportspeople have practised for a long time for these Olympics. I am told by those who are more conversant with these things that participating in the Olympics is the highest fete that a sports person can achieve, especially if you win. If our sportspeople cannot participate, we will demoralize them. They have spent time practising and those who have qualified must be supported, so that they can realize that very important achievement of participating in the Olympics. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in that connection, therefore, my plea would be that since we will still have to amend this law – it is our law anyway – for today we should concentrate on the amendments that have come from the international organization. Unless there are obvious typos, we should refrain from putting forward any other amendments, so that we do not have the international organization involved using this as a scapegoat and have an endless circle of referral and counter-referral. Those are my preliminary points. These amendments are both substantive and procedural. Many of them are revised definitions, as the Senators would see. The other sticking point was the participation of 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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