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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Isiolo North, KPP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Hassan Hulufo",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. I would like to begin by thanking my good friend, Hon. Osotsi, for coming up with this Motion and, by extension, the party which sponsored him to sit in this august House as a nominated Member. I think he deserves that nomination. He has proven why he merited to be given that slot. Lack of sports academies in the country has resulted into our inability as a country to tap into talents among our children and youths. As a country, apart from school games and sports, we do not actually have any form of organised way of providing opportunities for our young people, even those who are in school, to participate in sports events. Creation of the proposed academies the way I see it will enable us, as a country, to identify talents, to nurture those talents and to enable our children and our youth to benefit from those talents. It is very evident that the few sportsmen and women who have excelled it is through shear hard work. There is lack of an organised system of nurturing their talents. But they are leading very good lives. They are also making substantial contribution to the economy of this country. We have so many towns, for example, in North Rift where, as a result of athletes who come from there they have put up many investments and provided employment opportunities to others. In the region which I come from, because of lack of those academies, there is a lot of raw talent which goes to waste. The rate of unemployment among our youth is very high. When we have opportunities to identify those with talent and develop them, it is one way of ensuring that we help them to escape poverty. Currently, even the technical staff of the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Arts are idle. They are employed and earn salaries. They are in almost all the sub- The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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