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"speaker_name": "Siaya CWR, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Christine Ombaka",
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"content": " Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. Sports is a very important activity for any human being. Promotion of rugby is a good thing; we are moving towards the right direction. Rugby has been with us for many years. I remember growing up in primary school, secondary school and up to university and rugby has always been my best. I am a fan of rugby. Some of us met our spouses through rugby because they were players of rugby. Rugby all over the world is a very popular sport. Many people admire it because of the manner in which it is played – the aggression, the unity. It is a mixture of everything in sport. Not only is it good for health in terms of fitness but it is also part and parcel of what can be an economic entity for various groups. It is an income generating activity just like any other sport, like soccer. Soccer is a very powerful game and you can see how the whole world watches it and participates in it. The same can be for rugby. For this country, we need to begin by improving sports, rugby being one of them. Swimming has always been forgotten. I am a fan of swimming. We need to consider so many types of sports that our people can engage in. When you look at the lives of young people today, they are completely in a mess. A lot of them are idle; a lot of them do not have jobs; they end up sitting in the streets begging and getting engaged in violence and some form of drug addiction. If we improve sports in this country, many of young people will participate in sports and spend more quality time in sport activities. I support this Bill because of the fact that it can improve the lives of our young people who are still active and can participate in rugby. The establishment of stadia is also necessary. Having a national stadium will unite Kenyans. Sports is known to unite people. Even in South Africa where people used to fight each other in racial apartheid system, it has been found that sports unite a nation. If rugby can be established and stadiums built in this country, they will be unity that we lack in this country. Many parts of the country will unite during sports entertainment or sports competitions. You will find that we are going to build a Kenyan society that is united, more peaceful and loves one another. For various reasons, I think there are good things that will go with the establishment of improving rugby in our country. However, with what we have seen in sports in this country, so many things disappoint us when there is no money for sports. There is never any money for soccer much as it is very popular. There is no money for tennis, there is no money for any type of sport. Even if we promote rugby, that challenge is likely to continue. This is the only opportunity to highlight the fact that we may wish 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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