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    "id": 818093,
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    "speaker_name": "Machakos Town, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Victor Munyaka",
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        "legal_name": "Victor Kioko Munyaka",
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    "content": " I am actually the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Sports, Tourism and Culture. At the outset, I congratulate Hon. Gideon Keter for coming up with this Motion and also thank the Members who have come up to support it. As the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Sports, Tourism and Culture, I also want to say that the biggest agenda for the Committee is to push the Government to come up with facilities to support all the sports activities in Kenya. Currently, our Committee is moving round the country, starting from last week where we visited the western region of Kenya. We were very pleased to see the type of sporting structures in that region. One of the biggest surprises for the Committee is the visit to Luanda Constituency, which is represented by the speaker who has just left the Chair. We found that he has already establishing a stadium. He has done good work. The Committee observed that if every Member could allocate some money, through the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF), we would assist the Kenyan youth to have facilities for practice. Congratulations, Hon. Omulele, for that initiative. A lot of sentiments have come up from Members. Questions have been asked about the status of the five CHAN stadia. I want to say that Kasarani is actually now complete. Nyayo Stadium has faced a lot of challenges on release of budget funding. So, we actually, as a Committee, request the National Treasury to fund these stadia so that they can be completed so that Kenya can have good facilities. The national rugby stadia idea is very good because currently, we lack such stadia in Kenya yet rugby is one of the best sports that have marketed Kenya. It is actually next to athletics. So, we need to duplicate stadia across the counties, as many Members have actually said, so that Kenyans can understand this sporting activity and even participate in it so that we can sustain that game in Kenya. I want to say that this Committee will do what is necessary, through lobbying for a lot of funding for sports activities. In fact, from tomorrow, we are visiting the Mount Kenya region and the Upper Eastern region of Kenya, including Marsabit; because there is a stadium there. We want to see the status of development of those stadia and request the National Treasury to fund and complete the construction of the ongoing stadia. Thank you very much, Hon. Keter. The Committee stands with you."
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