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    "id": 938575,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 129,
        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": "Football cannot be run by governments. This the position of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA). Although it cannot be run by governments, it cannot be left alone to cartels; the types that are running Kenyan football at the moment. The more we continue to leave this game to cartels--- It is important that we have representative bodies running football, but if it is left to cartels that decide who and which clubs should participate, then it will be the same people changing hands, one “don” to another one; it will be perpetual. This is a very important request for a Statement. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the whole of the leadership of the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) and those people in Government who are concerned should be questioned on this issue. However, this cannot be allowed to continue. When you see the way Kenyans admire football and go to places where people watch football, Kenyans know players, they know those in British clubs, national teams in Brazil, but if you tell them to mention members in the Kenya national team, they will not be able to mention because they have given up on Kenyan football. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very important Statement. If we continue this way, we will be beaten by Guinea Bissau, which is an Island and the Comoros, which is a small island. No doubt, no Kenyan leader will want to watch some of these matches because they will just be left in disgrace. Look at what South Africans have done with rugby. It is defeating the North. The South is beating the North in rugby, be it Australia, New Zealand and the Caribbean. In hockey, you find India, Bangladesh, which are not the countries of the North, but because of the way they are organized. I hope answers will come if the Committee can deal with the Statement the way it should. Thank you."
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