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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "As I draw to a close, you will remember that on many occasions, I have spoken before this House when we have had Bills brought before us. I remember the first point I ever made along this line of argument was when we were passing the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Bill in the last Parliament--- If you remember that Bill that we were supposed to domesticate in the country so that our athletes could participate in the then coming World Championship. In what had been brought to this House, we were being asked that the local agency in Kenya for WADA have their headquarters here in Nairobi. During my contribution, I asked: “What is our interest as legislators to pass a Bill that ensures that every time, all our athletes are having drug-related challenges and have to be tested have to travel all the way from high altitude areas where they train such as Eldoret, Nandi and Kapsabet? Does it make economic sense to have such an agency operate from Nairobi? Since we know that Eldoret is the city that is central to many of the athletes who fly our flag internationally, the agency should have been domesticated there. I lost the argument at that time. However, I made a decision that every time that I sponsor a Bill in this House, that speaks to my earlier point about the need to devolve power and take services closer to the people who vote for us, I will always defend it to the end. In this Bill, we are proposing that the headquarters for the Authority be out of Nairobi. Since tea is centrally grown in the west and the east of the Rift Valley, let them have a single headquarters one at a central point such as Kericho that will cater for the entire region from Nandi, Bomet, Kisii and Nyamira counties. They should also have one sub-headquarters that will take care of the west of the Rift that will be in charge of the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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