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    "id": 839855,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/839855/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Rev.) Waqo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13178,
        "legal_name": "Naomi Jilo Waqo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to support this Motion and congratulate Mr. Kipchoge who made us proud. He is our son. We are proud of him together with others. We have many Kenyans who have similar talents, but have not been nurtured. My request to all counties is to invest in sports, so that our young people can bring out their talents, compete with others and make us proud. As a nation, we need to set aside a day to celebrate our athletes. They have always made us proud. I believe that the only thing that unites Kenyans or makes us one is sports. Whenever we see one of our sons or daughters doing us proud by winning, we all get excited. That is the time we realize that we are true Kenyans. Finally, we are also concerned by the rate at which we are losing our young athletes. Recently, we lost two athletes in road accidents. I believe they are busy like us politicians. I think about the Bill that will be proposed to provide for them to have permanent drivers. They should not drive themselves. They die at prime age and leave behind widows and children who are left in a very poor state. It has also been suggested, under (c), that we provide psychosocial support to active and former athletes including---"
}