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    "id": 946281,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/946281/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kinangop, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Zachary Thuku",
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        "legal_name": "Zachary Kwenya Thuku",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to speak on this Motion that has been brought during this Zero Hour. I want to state from the outset that Kenya is a country of extremes. Last week, we were able to hit both the North and South Poles all at one time. It is last week that we were mourning the loss of our sister and child at Likoni Channel that took so long. We had a long way to have the body retrieved. I continue condoling with the family for such a loss. I pray that as much as we want to celebrate and talk about so many things, we should pick lessons from everything that happens within our sphere especially the issue of Likoni tragedy. It was a moment where we realised that we are ill prepared for disaster thinking of the long time it took the vehicle to sink and nothing was done for a whole 10 minutes and now we are counting losses. I do not want to dwell on the negativity but it is something that we should take up and maybe going forward, cause this country to be well prepared for disasters of that such magnitude. I want to join my colleagues in passing a congratulatory message to our own brother; Mr. Eliud Kipchoge on his setting world record. That has not been witnessed before. In the same breath, we should take lessons from every event. Many people assisted him to achieve his goal. They included his helpers, the pacemakers, the financiers and the likes. However, as a country it begs so many questions. Why has it taken so long for us to invest in what we are best at? We cannot be putting our money where our mouth is not. Foreigners have invested in a sporting facility in Eldoret. Foreigners are now coming to exercise and compete with our own, yet the Government has taken so long to invest in such a facility so that we may have many Kipchoges training in these facilities. This will enable us have many Kipchoges and Brigids from Rift Valley. It seems like they are the ones who have the genes that are exploited in this country. We really need to rethink as a country so that we can be strategic and invest where we are reaping maximum benefits as opposed to investing in ventures where we are erring. We should invest in athletics. I also want to take this opportunity to thank the President and the Deputy President. The President took his time to call Mr. Kipchoge just to give him his goodwill message. He told him that the whole country was behind him and wished him success. That was something good. He felt that the whole country was behind him. As he was running, I believe he felt that the President and the people of Kenya were behind him. As for the Deputy President taking his time to travel all the way to Vienna just to go and cheer him up, it was something that every Kenyan should emulate. We congratulate the Deputy President for taking his time on the same. My final comment, I would also want to break the record of five minutes and maybe, complete my speech in 4 minutes and 59 seconds or so. As a country we need to build capacity. It is only in building capacity that we will achieve even more for this country. Therefore, I support this Motion. However, going forward, building capacity is something that we must do."
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