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    "id": 874805,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/874805/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Samburu North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Alois Lentoimaga",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Alois Musa Lentoimaga",
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    "content": "neighbours. North Rift counties like Uasin Gishu, Elgeyo Marakwet, Nandi and Trans Nzoia have had their young men and women benefit from sports for a long time now. Sports have become a livelihood for them. In fact, athletics, in my view, has been very consistent as a foreign earner for this country more than football. We urge the Government, through this House, to ensure this facility is devolved to all levels. It should start at the grassroots level, not from Nairobi or other big towns. It should start in villages, say in primary and secondary schools, up to the capital city. Secondly, the population of youth is growing very fast and it is very high. There is a lot of unemployment. Because of that, there is rampant abuse of drugs because of idleness and lack of employment. Young men get frustrated because of lack of income. Sports can help divert their attention from drug abuse. They can get employment through sports. Most of us are glued on television screen whenever football matches are being played, say, even 8,000 kilometres from where we live. It is because the people there have made it a profession. There are academies that teach young children in those countries to fully depend on sports as opposed to going to school to get degrees in engineering, medicine and so on. This country also needs to go that route. We need to ensure that we develop sports right from the grassroots level. That way, we will help our young men to deviate from drug abuse. Almost in every single family in this country, there is a case of drug abuse. It is rampant and for that reason we have lost many young men. Every family has at least a case or two of young persons engaging in drug abuse. Sports can help us engage our youth to do something worthwhile for their lives. With those remarks, I support this Bill. Facilities and money should trickle down. Stadia should be developed all over the country and not only in big towns or county headquarters. We need them in sub-county headquarters too. That way, we will attract more young men to engage in sports than they are doing at the moment. Thank you."
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