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    "id": 807033,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir East, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Rashid Amin",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Rashid Kassim Amin",
        "slug": "rashid-kassim-amin-2"
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    "content": ". We have lost six members of my community in my county. They are; Abdulahi Hirab, Ali Ahmed, Ali Widho, Abdulaziz from Wajir and Abdulahi Dawood Ibrahim. These are great gallant men who have lost their lives in trying to maintain peace and order in my county, and have fallen in the hands of radicalised youth through Al Shabaab . If there was an academic excellence for sports in various constituencies, youths who have engaged in vices that are detrimental to the society could not have been there. So, indeed, I pass my condolences to those families and I feel saddened as a man who superintends the people of that region. This is the second incident that has happened so far in my time as a Member of Parliament. I am disappointed and I feel recreational of sports academies will put sense in these youth. There are quite a number of youth so far in my constituency and Wajir Township that are engaged in illicit vices. I am surprised, my man from Nyambene talks of miraa . Miraa chewing is one of the serious vices that dominates our society so far. It is has lured youths to engage themselves in drugs and we feel the creation of sport academies in our respective constituencies will lure those youths who would rather chew miraa and engage in drug abuses. We feel that the creation of sports academies in various constituencies will engage youths with their talents and their energy so that they can get employment and earn income. One thing we have realised is that what we are getting so far through the NG-CDF and the allocation from the Ministry of Culture and Social Services may not suffice for us to engage our youths in sports. So far, there are individuals even in my constituency who have received their sponsorship to academies in Qatar and many other places and they do not have money, even for their air fare. We have contributed so that that they can go to those stations. Indeed, if we had academies, we could have engaged and directed our youth so that they can develop their talents and be useful kids in our society. So, creation of academies in our respective constituencies is in the right direction and I urge the Government to support in terms of funding. One thing we have realised is that Jubilee in their manifesto said they were going to create five stadia in five constituencies. That has never done it. We consider that as an abuse in not fulfilling the pledge they made. This funding should be decentralised and go to various constituencies and the money that is meant for those five stadia which has not been given should go to the constituencies to develop sports academy which will be useful to the society and the aspiring youth. Thank you."
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