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    "id": 839921,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Malalah",
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        "legal_name": "Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. In the absence of Senior Counsel, Sen. James Orengo, I am the acting Senate Minority Leader. Therefore, I had enough confidence that you would select me. I stand to join my distinguished colleagues in congratulating and commending Eliud Kipchoge for breaking the World Marathon record. I think the issue of sports can be used as a platform for cohesion and integration in this country. We have had communities clashing and differences between regions in this country. We had issues of political intolerance and sports is the only platform that we can use, as legislators and the leadership of this country. I encourage every leader here to use sports as an instrument of bringing Kenya together. The Chairperson of the Building Bridges Initiative, Sen. Haji, is here. I would like him to adopt that as a method of bringing this country together. I join my colleagues in emphasizing the fact that we need to celebrate the people who have won such accolades even at earlier stages. Recently, this town of Eldoret hosted the Kenya Secondary Schools Term Two Games, where Kakamega High School won the football championship. Upper Hill High School also participated and won. We need to start celebrating these young talents as early as when they are participating in the secondary schools games. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I challenge each Senator here that when we go back to our respective counties, we need to ensure that we use the sports platform to bring your people together. In Kakamega County, from 6th October, 2018, we will have an initiative that I came up with called „Super Senator Cup‟, which is the Kakamega County version. This is a tournament that will bring together almost 20,000 youth of Kakamega County between the month of October and December. We need to find ways to encourage and give back to the youth of this country in a good way. For example, I am sad that the Kenya Premier League (KPL) can be played for eight months, only for a team to win Kshs2 million. In the tournament that I will host in Kakamega County, the winning team will go home with Kshs1 million. I encourage all leaders to prioritise sports in their mandate. We need to challenge the current establishment in their commitment in terms of investing in sports. In 2013, the Jubilee Government went round this country pledging that they will build five stadiums in 100 days. Up to now, we do not have a single stadium in Kenya that has been out of their commitment and pledge during the 2013 elections. I challenge the current administration to be serious with executing matters sports. I challenge the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Sports, Culture and the Arts, my brother and friend, Rashid Echesa, to concentrate on the issues of developing sports and not matters that do not help the development of sports. 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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