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"content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, sir. I join my colleagues who are expressing their views on various Statements that have been shared. I am particularly curious about the Statement by Sen. Samson Cherarkey. I join him in congratulating our athletes who did extremely well in keeping up with our tradition as a powerhouse in athletics."
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"content": "I know that the Members of Parliament from Uganda are still in the House, Madam Temporary Speaker. Uganda has been threatening to take this mantle from us. However, we are one people. Therefore, it is not a big concern to us. However, I congratulate Madam Helen Obiri for a stellar performance in Boston. She won the title alongside Edna Kiplagat and the lady who finished second whose name skips my mind."
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"content": " Yes, Sharon. I am also concerned just like Sen. Mungatana about that incident in China. However, as a sportsman, I know that anything is possible in sports. Therefore, I do not agree with his sentiments about how a Chinese can beat Kenyans. If Aston Villa can beat Arsenal, immediately after Liverpool has lost, when they are supposed to be gunning for the title, then even a Chinese can beat a Kenyan. Nothing is impossible in sports. Therefore, Sen. Mungatana, many odd things happen in sports many times. Therefore, it is not necessarily the case that those Kenyans who were defeated by the Chinese might have been compromised. It would however be important, just for the record, that the race organisers update the world. Everybody is concerned whether this was genuine. It appeared to me from the final sprints of that particular race as if these were the pacesetters. However, it is for the race organisers to let us, as a country and the world of sports, know what happened. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "Finally, Madam Temporary Speaker, is to agree with Sen. Cherarkey. We need elections in Athletics Kenya as soon as yesterday as the courts directed. Kenya is preparing to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics. There is a lot of confusion. I wish that the Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs, Sports and the Arts, Hon. Ababu, could come out a bit more clearly with a roadmap. Have a meeting with all these stakeholders, together with the athletes, and the officials. Sit down and agree on the way forward. Sports cannot be relegated to be just another industry that is performing dismally as we watch. I know we have a similar problem that is looming in our football. There are supposed to be Football Kenya Federations (FKF) elections. The courts have denied FKF from holding an Annual General Meeting (AGM) because there are disagreements among the membership. We tell Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba to take the lead in resolving the issues around athletics and sports. These are extremely important industries that provide employment opportunities to many of our young people who can ply their trade by either playing football or running in the various Capitals of the world. Therefore, it is my humble request to the Cabinet Secretary to be more vocal, be it at the centre of this conversation and update the country, so that we are settled and we know that there is a plan. Our athletes and sportsmen in football, rugby and athletics, will not waste their talents due to wrangles in the various unions, I thank you."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Majority Leader. The time for comments on Statements has lapsed. However, I will add in just maybe two or three minutes. Sen. Osotsi?"
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"content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity. Allow me to speak on the two Statements. One, the Statement by the Chairperson of the Committee on Education, and two, the Statement by the Chairperson of the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations. I echo the sentiments made by the Senator for Kitui, Sen. Wambua, on Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE). If there is one thing that I would encourage the Standing Committee on Education to handle, is the issue of ECDE. Sen. Wambua has rightly put it that this House passed a resolution to have a uniform ECDE scheme of service. However, that is not implemented. Different counties have different schemes of service. As we are speaking now, in my county, the ECDE teachers have been on strike for close to two months. The issue is in court. Nothing seems to be happening. It looks like the Governor and his Executive are unable to resolve this problem. The Senate has to stamp its authority and insist that we need to have a uniform scheme of service for the ECDE teachers and resolve issues around ECDE teachers in our counties. The second issue is on devolution. I am so impressed that the Standing Committee of Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations went to Trans Nzoia and resolved the challenge between the Governor of Trans Nzoia and the Deputy Governor. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "The same spirit must be escalated to all other counties, which are facing similar challenges. There are many. Therefore, the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations is like the front end of the Senate. It is a Committee that handles crosscutting issues for all other committees. When we hear that they are addressing current issues that is the pride of this Senate. However, we have other issues, which this Committee can help this House. We were so shocked that a Member of this House was attacked by goons hired by a Governor in the process of doing his job, that is, Senator Okiya Omtatah of Busia. Those are things that we do not want to hear. I encourage Sen. Abass, who is the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations, to pick up on such issues. This House exists to protect devolution under Article 96 of the Constitution. If we have a scenario where we are either attacked or stopped from doing our job using politics, goons or scaring us, then we have a problem with devolution in this country. Therefore, I encourage the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations to do more than they are doing. Mr. Speaker, as we are speaking, most of our counties have not received their disbursements for January, February and March. This late disbursement of money to our counties also brings other issues, including corruption. Therefore, we encourage the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations to work closely with the Committee on Finance and Budget to find a permanent remedy to this problem. We do not want to be told that employees in counties have not been paid or governors have had to go to the banks to get very expensive loans to pay salaries. Those are things that derail devolution in this country. I encourage the Committee to look at real issues affecting devolution in this country and address them. Mr. Speaker, there is also a statement by Sen. Ojienda on health. This one area requires a lot of focus by this House."
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