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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " I know that Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki is a very good student. I am sure he will see through the things that we are saying at a later stage. Like I said, he does not get excited and make statements that infuriate people. Madam Temporary Speaker, Clause 31(4) states that disputes involving national and county level athletes, athlete support personnel, sports federations, sports organisations, professional athletes and professional sports persons shall be resolved by the tribunal both at the first instance and at appeal. I have never heard of a trial tribunal sitting at the first instance and then sitting as an appellate tribunal. All they are saying is that it will reconstitute itself from a tribunal of first instance and then sit on appeal. That is like having the first and second chamber. That is unacceptable. It is not even in keeping with the rules of natural justice. I will have no difficulty where, for example, an appeal for an athlete of international stature like Rita Jeptoo, the one I call my son, Ezekiel Kemboi, or other great athletes go to the international tribunal. However, the same tribunal that has convicted you will sit on appeal to determine whether they convicted you properly or not. This is not fair and this has to be changed. If the international instruments do not oust the jurisdiction of our local courts, then the natural course of events is that an aggrieved party should have audience at the High Court. Most tribunals are quasi-judicial and, therefore, subject to the supervision and appellate authority of the High Court. So, I encourage Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki to look at this very critically because what we are trying to do is to entrench unfairness, prejudice and dictatorship because we probably do not know. There is such serious dictatorship in the management of athletics in this country that the Government must look into it. When we went to London for Olympics, I witnessed athletes being housed in some shadowy village and given an allowance of about USD200 or USD300 per day. The administrators that we have said have never even been known to jog live in 5 Star Hotels and pay themselves USD3,500 a day, living on the sweat of the young people. We need to bring sanity to this sport. Madam Temporary Speaker, you can see how much money a footballer like Wanyama is earning. Our athletes are more famous than Wanyama and they could even be earning more but who gets the money? There is a person called Velsian and another one I cannot remember the name. These are the same people who lead athletes down the dangerous path. So, I would like us to seal all the loopholes. 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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