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"content": "I am the patron of Kayole Starlets and I am very proud of them. Three weeks ago, I met them with the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) President, Mr. Mohammed, and we supported them both financially and with kits. I look at the energy that those young girls have. Apart from school and academy work, they have decided to play football at the premier level and they started early. If we have a bigger number of young girls, definitely they will take our younger generation to greater heights."
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have looked at the Bill. Clause 381(1) states that a person shall be qualified for appointment as the manager of a county academy if that person has a degree from a university recognised in Kenya. This is where I defer or my eyebrows get raised. When we keep on talking about a degree from a recognised university in Kenya, it is one thing to recognise a degree, but it is another thing to have skills and knowledge pertaining to a specific industry or sector. I wish Members were here. However, since they will have access to the HANSARD, it should not just be a degree from a recognised university, but specifically a degree in management because we are talking about a manager. If you have a degree in theology, how does that relate to sports and management skills that are needed? It is good to specify because Clause 38C(2)(a) states that there shall be a chairperson who shall hold a degree from a university recognised in Kenya and is knowledgeable in sports, finance, commerce or law. That person will be appointed by the respective county governor. This one is specific. If that is the case, even Clause 381(1)(a) 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": "should be specific. When you do your degree, there is specialization and there is a reason for that. Therefore, that is important. Sports is not just about football. When you talk about sports, what comes to people’s minds is football and other main sports. There are many other different sports apart from volleyball, basketball and others. We have other sports in place that should be encouraged. They could be indoor or outdoor games. Our young people should be encouraged through the sports academies to continue nurturing their talents. I listened to Sen. Osotsi when he talked about buildings. Passing knowledge and skills does not need you to be confined in specific spaces. Knowledge and skills are passed by qualified persons and people who are being imparted should be ready to receive that. What am I trying to say? We have our learning institutions such as primary schools. Like in Nairobi, we have over 100 primary and high schools. When schools close especially during April, August and December holidays, those classrooms are not utilised. When this Bill passes, we can start with our public institutions to be used for passing of skills to take place. Learning institutions, including universities and technical institutions, can be utilised to kick-start sports academies. We do not need to wait for funding to build big institutions with big rooms. We can start with what we have. We have classrooms, which can be used, especially during school holidays. The Bill also talks about protection of minors in sports and that has been covered well. Young people are coming up, but at times they do not have guardians or older persons to guide them well. Sometimes they do not get agents who are qualified and have the same ambitions in matters sports. Sometimes we have young talents starting well, but at some point they lose it. One reason could be poor management. We should have thorough scrutiny even when managers are the ones helping those young people to enroll in sports. They should be genuine and having the same vision and goal, with a minor who is talented to be able to perform the different sports activities. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, at the same time, there is the issue of the mental health cases. We have seen people who have engaged in different sports like the boxing activity, whereby after some time, someone is not even able to focus or continue with normal life. This could be because of the injuries. The Bill should also bring about the element of how minors who have guardians should be protected, even when they are signing these contracts. There should be guidelines. The movers of the Bill should also instill the issue of mental health cases, where we have seen some people started very well and at some point, they lost it. You are told that this was a champion, but years later down the line, either the manager misappropriated the funds, there was no correct management and they lose it. What happens with the younger people who want to emulate and walk the journey? It becomes very discouraging. So mental health should be addressed in this Bill, so that sports do not just end at a certain level. 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": "We have also seen poor financial management at times with the people who have excelled in sports because of probably big amounts of payments. After some time, they just lose it on the way. So, the academy should also have a facility that offers counseling, mental health and financial management discussions, so that people are able to move to the next level with the right guidance. All said and done, this is a Bill that I, as an academician, fully support. I hope that the right people, the committee members and managers will put the passion, as far as sports is concerned, not any other thing ahead, so that we continue nurturing more and more talents. Thank you."
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"content": " Sen. Hamida Kibwana, please proceed."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. First, I would like to appreciate my two colleagues, Sen. Ojienda and Sen. Chimera, for this Bill. It is a good one and looking at the overview, it is meant to amend the Act, Cap.223, by establishing County Sports Academies and providing legal protections for minors in sports Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, looking at Section 2, key provisions and the relevance of County Sports Academies, Sections 38(a) to 38(m), the provision mandates each county to establish at least one sports academy, with structured training programmes, technical staff and linkages to local communities and international bodies. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the issues here are many. One, for example, rising stars from counties like Kericho and Elgeyo, Marakwet, often move to Nairobi for opportunities. The problem is, many counties, especially in northern Kenya, lack basic sports infrastructure. Consequently, talents and remote areas remain untapped. It is unfortunate, looking at how these young people struggle moving from one county to another, searching for such and looking at the rising stars. Sen. Tabitha Mutinda just mentioned about the old women footballers. You can imagine their talents. So I am asking myself, were those talents nurtured early enough or it came with an old age? Section 2 talks about local management and oversight. Section 38(c) and 38(f), the provision that each academy is to be managed by a multi-stakeholder community with expertise in sports, finance and administration. The real issue here is that there is mismanagement of county funds that leads to failed youth programmes. In addition, it is never structured in a way that it can be oversight and be enhanced with transparency and accountability. On inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), Section 38(b) 2(a) stipulates that the academies must accommodate PwDs. The problem here is that Kenya's Paralympic athletes often face expulsion despite the international success. It promotes inclusivity and aligns with the constitutional mandates. Clause 54(a) to 54(f) caters for protection of minors in sports against abuse. The provision is that institutions must vet coaches, enforce child protection standards and establish abuse reporting procedures. Looking at allegations of abuse by coaches in football academies in Nairobi, the impact is that it will establish accountability and professional standard. So, we have many challenges out of this. 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": "I would like another amendment on education guarantees as cited in 54(b). The minors must have access to basic education even in residential academies. The problem is the young athletes sometimes drop out of school hoping for trials abroad. Therefore, the impact would be to prevent exploitation and ensure fallback options. Number three is contractual protection, as cited in 54(c) to 54(e). These contracts, under the provision, involve minors and must be signed by guardians and only valid from age 17. Agents must be accredited. In such cases, there are scam cases from fake international trial offers conning athletes. The impact of this aligns with international best practice. Section 4 is on constitution and county linkage. It confirms that sports and cultural activities are county functions under the Fourth Schedule. Many counties lack harmonization with national policies and the Bill provides a national structure. There are many challenges that face the implementation such as potential challenges for funding gaps, capacity issues and oversight risks. On funding gaps, the counties may lack resources. On capacity issues, there is scarcity of skilled personnel, while on oversight risks, the possibilities of nepotism or mismanagement. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, my recommendation on this is to ensure conditional grants from the national Government to support academy rollout. We always hide under capacity building, but then most of the grants are always under capacity building, whether the funding has been utilized or not. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, looking at the county staff in sports management through a partnership with instructions, that is, for example, what the Kenyatta University (KU) and Strathmore University do, and then establishing a monitoring and evaluation framework under the Ministry of Sports to ensure compliance, integrate digital scouting and performance analytics to improve talent identification and prioritizing public participation to align academy programmes with youth interests. Now, my final recommendation - and I can see Sen. Eddy wants to have his share and introduce his Bill - is to introduce conditional national funding support to counties to set up academies quickly; use the Kenya Academy of Sports to develop a standard curriculum for coaching at least have academy management to digitize scouting through mobile apps and national database and promote PPP, especially in underfunding counties. This also includes looking at the Monitoring and Evaluation (M & E) Index, to assess each academy's performance and hold annual inter-county academies and talent showcases. I am also looking at socializing these young souls, just having a social time. I remember during our days, we had the time to play Kati, Netball, that football, and even"
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"content": ". So, we had time to socialize. However, looking at these young people nowadays, they hardly have time, they only have time for their phones. So, I feel strongly that with such, it will give them time to discover themselves. I am one of those who found myself in sports quite early and I played basketball. I even found myself playing for the Kenya basketball team. Now I am the most valuable player in the Senate, playing basketball. Not in the Senate actually, playing basketball. So, I feel seriously that this talent should be nurtured early enough and I started while I was still young. This will also support that early talent identification and nurturing. It will 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": "allow talented athletes at least to be discovered early, professionally and be given better career pathways. In universities, you realize, even in sports, you find our young people who are in international universities find themselves getting scholarships. Just the other day, my daughter told me that she got a scholarship for her master's degree, so we do not have to pay her fees, just because she got involved in some curriculum activities and sports. Even the club that I was playing for, Barclays Bank, created space for young people to get jobs and so many of us were employed by the Barclays Bank. I feel that this is a good Bill and those amendments should be done as soon as possible, so that it can pave way. The Bill is also going to pave way for equal access to opportunities for all counties. Even the marginalized would have formal structures. So, this means that someone from north eastern will have the same support system as a person in Nairobi. Also, the structured education and dual careers that the academies will integrate academic education with sports training, helping young athletes to develop both skills and academic qualifications. I talked about job creation. It shall definitely create local employment and economic activities for our children. Also, it is going to improve local and international sports careers for our children. Sen. Nyamu has named a few, those who started with Mathare Sports; they were quite talented and most of them moved to greater places. So, it will create a stronger grassroots system that would eventually improve the performance of Kenyans in a wider range of sports internationally for our athletes. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have done enough justice to this one. I hope that my colleagues were here to hear our amendments and to take them into consideration, so that at least it will nurture our young people. I support the Bill."
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