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    "id": 839820,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to give testimony to the history of athletics in this country. Very few of you would know that I was a sports administrator, a member of the medical commission, International Amateur Athletics Association Medical Commission, the Vice Chairman of Athletics Kenya and later took over as the Chairman of athletics in this country. The story of Kenyan athletes started at the time when Naftali Temu won the 10,000 metres in Mexico in 1968, heralding in the first ever gold medal that was brought to this country. Nyayo Stadium used to be a path for snakes and all the hooligans in Nairobi. That field belonged to the late Derrick Ashkan and when I took over as the Chairman of Athletics Kenya, we wanted to put up that Stadium to the current status. It is instructive that we missed the 1976 Olympics in Montreal because we boycotted those games. We also missed the 1980 games that were going to be held in Moscow. It took the Championship at Bukhungu Stadium, Kakamega, for us to make the request to President Moi to allow us to use the money that we missed going to Moscow, to develop the Stadium which is today called Nyayo Stadium. That was the first time that we got a decent facility. Putting up the perimeter fence that you see on Nyayo Stadium cost Kshs2.5 million. If you try to put one today, it will cost you billions. We took a private architect to develop that area. Secondly, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, one of the things that I want to come out very well is that I was nearly thrown out of the International Athletic Medical Commission in Rome when we were talking about doping in our countries. I saw the danger. One of the biggest dangers that have been cited in this Motion today, through the efforts of Eliud Kipchoge, is that one of the main contentions was that the so called sports agents took The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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