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    "id": 839776,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/839776/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
        "slug": "kipchumba-murkomen"
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    "content": "24 years old. Nobody sought to find out how best she could be helped to manage what she won. Maybe she did not even have the skills to invest over Kshs100 million. It should be the duty of Athletics Kenya and the Ministry of Sports, Culture and the Arts to always reach out and offer support to athletes and give them a few skills about investment. The athletes must also be protected from the exploitative acts of sports agents. Some of the sports agents take advantage of the fact that these athletes may not have the ability to read their contracts, analyse and negotiate. Again, Athletics Kenya and the Ministry must create a department where sports contracts can be negotiated on behalf of the athletes and ensure that they are protected from exploitation by private investors. We do not want to see a situation where someone wins after working so hard, but he is exploited. I have stayed with these people. They do not have enough sleep. Someone wake up at 5.00 a.m. to run around Iten, which is a very cold town. They run around in mist to prepare and train; they deny themselves comfort. No wonder Paul, the Apostle, used athletes as an example when he said that if you want to go to heaven, you must prepare and deny yourself many things like an athlete. They deny themselves so many things and prepare so hard, only for them to earn Kshs10 million, but come home with Kshs1 million or Kshs2 million. The exploiters; the agents or middlemen between them and their resources make sure that they become richer than the athletes themselves. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we must also interrogate the tax regime. This is because some of our athletes are taxed in the country. They run and when they come home, they are taxed. Again, a more specific policy must be put in place to ensure that our athletes, who are also our investors, are given that opportunity to bring resources and invest in the country. We would rather tax the proceeds of---"
}