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    "content": "Currently, we are doing well in rugby and I hope we keep it that way. Today Kenyans are doing well by simply training themselves like the YouTube athlete who throws the javelin. We have many other places where Kenyans have excelled. For example, the Dunford brothers excelled in swimming with no investment by the various sports agencies to ensure their performance. It was either through parents, family or individual initiatives. These amendments are in line with what the international practice demands of us because we are of international standards. Whether you bring this law or another one, we will still adopt it in this Parliament and still win. So, let nobody have any doubt that there was anything that Kenyans wanted to do short of having these young people dealing with the world. Some of these young people are the most humble I have ever met. When I was in the military briefly, I used to be trained by some of them who are very extra ordinary runners. Let us not only celebrate them on a temporary basis when we see them in public domain winning medals. Let us celebrate them at home. These are people whom we pass by in supermarkets and other public places and we do not recognise them until something tragic befalls them. We know some young athletes in this country who have died tragically and that is when we took notice. As we pass these rules, we must also pass other regulations and policies that enhance, not only the performance or curbs deceit, but ensures that we grow this industry and make these athletes our national heroes and points of reference. It is sad that this country still has politicians as its centre of reference. Most of us here do not deserve to be a centre of reference to many of the issues that go on in this country. Unfortunately, day in, day out, our headlines do not report exactly what happens in the sport arena. Sometimes Kenyans are winning medals, but media houses insist on putting a political headline of a showdown between two political forces. We, as a country, must also change tunes and reposition our value system. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we debate, it must also reflect that this is one arena where these young men and women can be role models. We have a world champion in the National Assembly. He has been winning for us at regional levels in Parliamentary championships. We need to ensure that we build this arena so that people can grow, as Sen. Cheruiyot said. Sen. Cheruiyot himself is a young athlete in this Parliament because he came at the age of 29 years. So, that means that you are a young person whom the anti-doping law must help to grow. You know what I mean. So that we do not have people who take undue advantage to succeed in these types of arena. I hope my brother, my former classmate and my former college mate at Moi University has taken note that it was wrong--- It is Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki who was my former classmate. This young man, Sen. Cheruiyot, has no capacity to be my former classmate. I think the general vibe that was sent across the world is that Kenya was unwilling to take firm action against the anti-doping menace. I think we must correct that image and part of it is that once the President has assented to this Bill, somebody must bear the consequences. This should be a country where there are consequences for those who make us perform poorly. That person duped and doped us by taking the wrong Bill before the Presidency and to the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA). With those many remarks, 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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