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    "id": 874746,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/874746/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Endebess, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "Last year in the month of December I was lucky to do the Endebess 10- kilometer marathon. We had athletes from all over the place especially from the North Rift and the one who won was a young man from West Pokot. We gave him a cow. We have had issues of cattle rustling between us and the Pokots. For the first time, we acknowledged that this was the right way. This guy won a Friesian cow which is worth about Kshs200,000 from the Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC) and he is taking it for his own economic benefit. He has taken it in the right way not through cattle rustling. So, this issue of sports also impacts positively in the society. It also promotes good culture within the society and the community. It brings cohesiveness. When it comes to sports and you are watching television and you can see a sportsman, whether he is from your community or any other community and he is running or playing, we all cheer as Kenyans and it makes us proud as a nation. We have seen success in athletics. Kenya is known as a powerhouse in the whole world when it comes to athletics. Outside the country, people associate you with marathon, long races and all those sports. It is important that we look at issues of sports. When Mariga or Dennis Oliech play for an English premier league team you become proud to be Kenyan and therefore, the sporting spirit is one that brings our country together. It has no boundaries, it has no political links and it does not have other issues. The issue of building bridges should encompass sports. When President Uhuru and the Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga do their handshake it should encompass and bring Kenyans together so that we appreciate each other as Kenyans and feel proud as a nation."
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