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    "speaker_name": "Gatanga, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Nduati",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Nduati Ngugi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to make my contribution. Before I contribute to the Bill, I would like to congratulate the substantive Speaker for being a great sportsman. I know you won a medal in Burundi during the East African games in the 800 and 1500 meters races. I also want to congratulate the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Sports, Culture and Tourism for having won in 200 meters and 4 by 100 meters races. This shows that MPs if well-funded, some of us can win medals in the Olympic Games. I wish in future we are able to invest here. On the outset, I support this Bill because it has provided for a comprehensive approach to funding the sports sector in this country. It has indicated how proceeds arising from sports lotteries and betting will be used to fund games in this country. Therefore, it is high time we invested in this sector. We have seen most of our youths nowadays are just idle in the villages. If they were to be engaged in sports this would go a long way in assisting them to move away from drugs. The other challenge we have in this country is that most of our young people, instead of supporting our local teams, support European teams. I remember when we were young, for some 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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