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    "id": 874802,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/874802/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Teso North, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Oku Kaunya",
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        "legal_name": "Edward Oku Kaunya",
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    "content": "My final point is that I suggest an amendment on the question of the headquarters of the board of trustees which shall be in Nairobi. That is in the establishment of the board of trustees under Clause 5. It reads that the headquarters of the board of trustees shall be in Nairobi and the board of trustees may establish other centres elsewhere. It is high time we looked at headquarters of such boards. Nairobi is congested and for purposes of athletics and sports it is not the most suitable area. We should propose that the headquarters should not be necessarily be in the city. We could have it elsewhere in the countryside or in any of the counties. I will give an example of two most important bodies. We have the World Football Federation, FIFA, whose headquarters is in Zurich, Switzerland. At the same time, in a country like Switzerland, placement of the headquarters, for example, does not need necessarily to be in one place. The headquarters of the International Olympic Commission is in Lausanne. Lausanne is another major town in Switzerland. It is the headquarters of various things in that country, including politics and economy. It is high time we decentralised, even as we embrace devolution, some of these functions so that we can have a country that can develop according to the strength of various areas. I stand to support but with amendments."
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