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    "content": "Kamariny, Kiambu and Ruring’u in Nyeri. This Fund will unlock the funding which will create facilities for sports as well as for other types of sports like rugby. In Kenya, although we are leading in sports globally, we do not have a national rugby stadium. This House actually passed a Motion requiring that the Government creates and constructs a national rugby stadium. Members also passed a Motion in this House, which was sponsored by Hon. Osotsi, on creating sports academies across the country in all the 290 constituencies. This would go further in promoting talents, so that we can tap the talent in our youth. Considering we have 70 per cent of Kenyans being the youth, they should be engaged so that we can solve the security problems and the health situations we have. This will also create some sort of employment if we can promote sports talents. In the past, Kenya has been ashamed and embarrassed due to some happenings and situations like last year when the Kenyan team of the disabled went to Mexico for a tournament. The Ministry could not afford to sponsor them and the team was sponsored by Governor Sonko. When they arrived in Mexico, Kenya was embarrassed because their competition uniform was clearly written “Sonko”. There was a lot of political heat about that particular situation. Because they never had their allowances, when they came back, they went and camped at the Cabinet Secretary’s (CS) Office. That is because they could not get funding for participating in that particular event. It is high time now the Ministry got enough funding so that we do not expose Kenya to embarrassment like in that particular time. I also understand we have some sportsmen and women stranded outside Kenya. There is one specifically in America who has no return ticket. We had a meeting with the Ministry yesterday and demanded that they should come with a framework of actually making it a must for any sportsperson going to compete outside Kenya to have evidence that there is a return ticket so that we do not have serious embarrassment as Kenya. We want, as Kenya, to congratulate and wish Harambee Stars a good event during the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2019. We know that it is around 20 years since we qualified, as a nation, to participate in an AFCON event. Since this particular year Harambee Stars is going to participate, it is going to be a national pride. We also asked the Ministry to make available the Kshs50 million promised by Government to the Harambee Stars team. I believe it was a promise of personal awards because of qualifying. This Fund is going to make the Ministry to operate and solve the most critical issues which have actually exposed Kenya and also promote the athletes who have given us a lot of pride and encourage other forms of sports to be promoted so that Kenya can fully become a sporting nation. With those comments, I thank Members of the Committee for their commitment and deliberations in coming up with a Report which recommends this Bill to be read the Second Time. I request Members of Parliament who are present to support this Bill and I will appreciate. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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