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    "id": 660600,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this chance. I rise to support this Motion and I do so especially coming from a county that is blessed to have the first Kenyan to win an Olympic medal. I know what the Olympics means to us as a nation. It would have been a great tragedy if, as legislators of this nation, we had not rectified the challenges that we are facing. We know the history of what happened until we have found ourselves here today. That is not strange news to any of us in this House. We do understand the challenges before us. The reason I personally go out of my way to have our athletes participate in these international competitions is because I know that it is a source of livelihood to them and others as well, just the same way politics and many other businesses that I do are a source of livelihood. If this was going to threaten the whole economic mainstay of certain regions of this country, it would be absolutely wrong. As leaders, we are always called upon to rise to the occasion in certain instances. As much as we feel that this international body has pushed us to a certain corner, let us be sincere with ourselves and accept that we have watched even local investigation series. I do remember what the sports journalist from Citizen Television did under the title: ‘Poison Spikes’, if I am not wrong. We must agree and accept that doping is real and it was beginning to creep into this country and threatening careers of many young people and affecting their psyche. It does not necessarily affect only athletes, but even those people who depend on them for their survival and also the country as a whole. We know how things are done when it comes to the selection of a national team. Athletes are under pressure to excel. Many of them have fallen prey to such malicious traps set for them by people who do not mean well for this country. Once we have this law in place, I am sure it will deal with issues of doping in this country. It is for that reason I am supporting this Bill. I wish that we expedite this process. I hope that the agency that will be tasked to implement this Act will live up to the spirit and word of it, so that we protect our athletes and the image of our country. With those few words, I beg to support. 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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