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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Machage",
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        "legal_name": "Wilfred Gisuka Machage",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. As I support this amendment Bill, there are few observations I would like to make. Indeed, English is not a mother-tongue to most of us. Most Kenyans would interpret English statements or words into their native languages and, thereafter, re-interpret them back to English to set the meaning of what they had in mind. Had the drafters of the original Bill attempted to write it in Kiswahili, they would have succeeded. They should also have had the African English at the back of their minds when they were interpreting language at the international forum. It is a shame and an embarrassment on the part of our drafters here at home, who have shown that they do not meet international standards. The visiting teams that are with us here today are learning something out of this. I have been informed that they are on a nine week learning course. The visiting team should have seen how poor drafting can embarrass this country. In my understanding, our drafters wasted the time of the National Assembly and the Senate in a manner that we may not have wanted to. We would have spent this time today discussing other matters if the drafters had cared to pick on the thinking of UNESCO anti-doping programs. However, after laying blame on some people, I am happy that we have been given the opportunity to meet the international deadline that was sought by our Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs. This would have been a crisis for sportsmen and women of this country to miss such a highly respected event like the Olympics games slotted to take place in Brazil. The envy from countries, as has been put by the Senate Leader of Majority may be far-fetched, but if that is true, then it is unfortunate because knowing the virility of Kenyans, we are likely to produce more and better athletes in future. In future, they should be ready to see faster runners from Kenya. We have not reached our limit. They should remove envy and jealousy out of their mind. We still remain the top three international countries that have had good anti-doping laws. It makes no sense for this agency to have picked on Kenya. We think the issues raised are trivial, for example, defining the word “attempt”. If you have to look at the Cambridge Dictionary or any international dictionary, the word ‘attempt’ has different meaning depending on the type of dictionary you are using. That was unfair. Thinking of removing people like the Attorney-General from certain committees is neither here or there. Many able Kenyans can be able to do that. There was also concern on the definition of the phrase ‘healthcare’ practitioner. That phrase is finding itself in many medical documents. We should have not used such general terms. We have to decide and pick the one we want. We either have a qualified medical practitioner registered by the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board or a 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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