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"content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to join the Mover, the incoming Governor of Siaya, Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo, in congratulating Kenyans who have done us very proud by winning so many medals in the midst of great competition. I am reminded of the year 2004 when Kenya won position one, two, three and four in the men’s 3,000 steeplechase and it was ecstatic. If you look at our recent performances, we have been competing for space with the who’s who in the global arena. When you look at the table, the United States of America (USA) tops followed by Great Britain, China and then the other countries that follow are the superpowers, the Great Seven (G7) countries. Sometimes, I wish those parameters would also apply, for example, Kenya being number two when it comes to athletics medals already won. I kept on looking at that table. We moved from position 32 and the highest position we became was number 13. Then we platooned at number 15 and it is really good. If you travel across the world, when you say you are a Kenyan, you are reminded that Kenya is a country of great runners. I remember President George W. Bush Junior saying that his hero is Paul Tergat. Imagine a President of the USA saying that his hero is a Kenyan. No wonder he was succeeded by a part Kenyan by the name Barack Obama. When you start seeing the consequences of dual citizenship, where individuals who are not celebrated at home and who are not rewarded accordingly being wooed to run for countries such as Bahrain, it is a shame for our country. When you hear stories about officials selling sports kits from Nike, our Cabinet Secretary (CS) confessing that he has also become a victim of cartels, the bureaucracy of the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Arts, you find people who have been there forever, allegations of human trafficking and people complaining, like in the case of Paralympics and, indeed, the Olympics that officials are more than the athletes, we have a group of 80 and 250 officials alone, it is a great shame for this country. Those are individuals who trained under very severe circumstances. They are not given the proper support that they require and yet, they are the ones who keep on taking our country high up. In other parameters like corruption, as we may have heard from the Youth Enterprise Development Fund, which I was privileged to be there during the launch so many years ago, we rank No. 4 as the most corrupt country in the world and yet, we are No. 2 in athletics. However, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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