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    "id": 839912,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ekal",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13226,
        "legal_name": "Malachy Charles Ekal Imana",
        "slug": "malachy-charles-ekal-imana"
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for picking me. I beg to support this Motion. I would like to thank the Senate Majority Leader for bringing this Motion. I think we are growing up as a nation. Kenya has grown, as a nation, because we finally came to our senses to say that we need to start honouring our athletes. We also said that we need to start building athletics institutions, where our youngsters can go and train before competing in the world to bring glory to Kenya. I like this very much. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when I was a young man in high school and college, the people that I admired a lot included Kipchoge Keino, Jipcho, Kiprono and so on. I was surprised when I went to study in the US. Even though I had an Honours Degree in Physics, when I got out there, they asked me: “Did you come here as an athlete? What kind of a race do you run?” They asked me all sorts of questions, even though I had nothing to do with athletics; I was actually just going to school. They then asked me whether I knew Wilson Waigwa. I said: “I know him, but I have not seen him.” It turned out that people over there, put more importance on athletics than academics. It is, therefore, true that those athletes market Kenya more than any of us. It is for that reason that we need to put some money in building institutions that will give our youngsters the time and opportunity to train and be the best in the world. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know that my University of Texas at El Paso has Paul Ereng as their Coach. You will remember Paul Ereng as „that Olympian‟, and he comes to this country every year to recruit. We should, therefore, put a lot of emphasis in training our youngsters---"
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