{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=139956","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=139954","results":[{"id":1415961,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1415961/?format=json","text_counter":328,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Ababu Namwamba","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports","speaker":null,"content":" Yes. I am just making sure that we now support constituencies. Through the model we have put in place - the Talanta Hela Model of Talent Growth- from the grassroots, initially, our target has been the school ecosystems to work through schools and colleges. It is possible for us to sit down with Hon. Members and see how that can be integrated into the programmes that Members of Parliament run at the constituency level so that as we do constituency academies and athletic development centres, we can also see how sporting activities can be integrated into our broader Talanta Hela Programme. On sports tourism, we are doing very well. We work very closely with the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife. We are already doing programmes like the Vipingo Ladies Open at the Coast Region. By any stretch of the imagination, the Vipingo Ladies European Tour (LET) is a sports tourism package. As we prepare for the World Sports Championship (WSC) Safari Rally next week, we are working together with the Ministries of Tourism and Wildlife and Investments, Trade and Industries. When the elite drivers arrive this weekend, their first destination is going to be the Maasai Mara ecosystem, where they will use their presence to market the country to the world. Therefore, sports tourism is a product that we are pushing and deploying to expand Kenya's attraction to the rest of the world. I thank you, Hon. Speaker."},{"id":1415962,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1415962/?format=json","text_counter":329,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Irene Mayaka, your question has been scratched on several times in the answers given by the Cabinet Secretary. Ask your Question. Cabinet Secretary, you will take five minutes to answer Question 055/2024 by the nominated Member of Parliament, Hon. Irene Mayaka."},{"id":1415963,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1415963/?format=json","text_counter":330,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Question 055/2024"},{"id":1415964,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1415964/?format=json","text_counter":331,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR PROVISION OF MEDICAL The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"},{"id":1415965,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1415965/?format=json","text_counter":332,"type":"heading","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"COVER FOR SPORTSPERSONS IN THE COUNTRY"},{"id":1415966,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1415966/?format=json","text_counter":333,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Nominated, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Irene Mayaka","speaker":null,"content":" Hon. Speaker, I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports the following questions: Could the Cabinet Secretary- (a) elaborate on the policy framework guiding the provision of Medical Cover for Sportsperson in the Country and measures in place to ensure that athletes are provided with medical coverage? (b) state if the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) and the Kenya Premier League (KPL) have considered the provision of medical coverage to football players including to advocate for the rights of the athletes to healthcare? I thank you."},{"id":1415967,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1415967/?format=json","text_counter":334,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Cabinet Secretary."},{"id":1415968,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1415968/?format=json","text_counter":335,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Ababu Namwamba","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports","speaker":null,"content":" Hon. Speaker, let me admit that other than the normal processes we go through to provide insurance when our teams are travelling out of the country, for example, right now we are taking our Under 19 Junior teams (boys and girls) to Spain at the end of this week, we have had to secure medical insurance for them. Other than those provisions and requirements that the FKF would be under the Confederation of African Football (CAF) club licensing regulations if you look at the CAF club licensing regulations, there are requirements for medical insurance and National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) for players. Other than that, we have really not had any robust, deliberate, intentional and structured plan to provide health insurance to our sportsmen and women. But I am glad to report that we are working on a composite Cabinet Memo for the welfare of sportsmen and women. It covers a wide range of issues: pension, endowment, health assurance, and travel (how our sportsmen and women travel. We are looking at the possibility of diplomatic passports in certain limited circumstances, how to take care of these athletes in retirement, and how to provide respectable housing, especially under the affordable housing framework to our sportsmen and women. The Cabinet Memo is going to provide us with an official policy framework to finally fix some of the challenges our sportsmen and women face that have never been fixed for 60 years of our Independence. I believe this is also going to be provided to this House because once the policy framework is ready, we have every intention of subjecting it to Hon. Members here for their input. When it comes, please give it your input."},{"id":1415969,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1415969/?format=json","text_counter":336,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"You will bring it as a sessional paper."},{"id":1415970,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1415970/?format=json","text_counter":337,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Ababu Namwamba","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports","speaker":null,"content":" Yes. We are preparing it in the form of a white paper that could progress all the way to the House. I thank you, Hon. Speaker."}]}