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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important piece of legislation. I was one of the sports managers in the country in 2008 and led a team to the Olympics. I was also part of the drafters of the Sports Act which was finally enacted in 2013. Therefore, I am very familiar with the issues. I am happy to report to this House that the Committee has done very well because sports have been dogged by a lot of problems. First and foremost, their budget is unforeseen. Even if you were to give them their full budget as requested, other scenarios will arise and the budget may go up or down. Therefore, it is important to fund sports specifically and sufficiently. We have a lot of talents in the country. Most of them have been discouraged, first, by lack of facilities and secondly, by the uncertainty as to payments of sportspeople in the country. Sports are so important because they promote our country outside. They promote the tourism The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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