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    "id": 874745,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Endebess, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "played for this country. We meet them when playing for Parliament at Moi Sports Complex. When you look at the situation they are in, you will symphathise. As we put money into this, I think we are talking of sports, culture and social development. We must also look for ways of developing these great sportsmen. I think it is the Ministry’s responsibilities to come up with policies on how these sportsmen, who make money out of running and playing football, can invest that money for the betterment of their lives. You find somebody who has been a great sportsman, he has earned millions of money but in old age, he is a pauper and has nothing to develop himself socially or pay for his own basic needs. Remember our great footballer, Kadenge, who was doing taxi driving in Nairobi to survive. When we come up with this issue of a Bill, we must be able to look at it in terms of social development. What is the Ministry that is supposed to come up with issues of policies and development doing? I come from Trans-Nzoia County. We have one of the great stadiums named after the founding father of this nation, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. It is called Kenyatta Stadium. For the last about six years, under the county government, a tender was awarded, but nothing has been done in that stadium. The stadium is in pathetic state and it is named after the founding father. It is important that even those who are within the Ministry of Sports and Culture look at some of these monuments. These are historical monuments. They are stadiums that have history of this country and must be properly managed and rehabilitated so that our sportspeople can enjoy those facilities."
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