Cherarkey K Samson

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Dec 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. From the outset, I support his Bill. Time is of the essence, as we have been told by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and through the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK), which was established in 2016 and Kenya having ratified it in 2009, through the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and, of course, Kenya becoming part of the larger community in protecting the interests of our athletes. Most athletes are from where I come from. My county is called the source of champions and Sen. Wetangula has mentioned quite a number of ... view
• 29 Dec 2020 in Senate: named after legends, but my current governor has started to build washrooms, toilets and changing rooms instead of finishing the stadium. There are many wrong priorities in many other counties. I know that the Jubilee Government had promised that in 2013, they would build several stadiums. We expected these stadia to be helpful. Of course, like we have been told, the Jubilee party has changed its priorities but you would have expected these stadia to be used as training camps for the many athletes in this country. view
• 29 Dec 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you have to note that in the road races, just before the COVID- 19 pandemic, athletes injected close to Kshs7 billion into the economy. More than Kshs6 billion has been injected into the economy from their wins in Japan, United States of America (USA), Asia and Africa. Some of us from the North Rift are so passionate about this Bill because when you go to Eldoret, Kapsabet or any town, you can see the investments that have been made by our athletes from their wins. view
• 29 Dec 2020 in Senate: An example is Moses Kiptanui who invested wisely, as my brother has said. He is a rare breed because we have not started investment advice to many young people. Some of them have never seen Kshs10,000 but they go and win Kshs1 million. Confusion and many things of this world then come in. Their money is ‘eaten’ by slay queens and other women among other eaters on these streets. view
• 29 Dec 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we need to give athletes investment advice. Moses Kiptanui and another little-known athlete called Martin Lel have done very well. Moses Kiptanui has invested in the Grand Prix Hotel where he had a chance to take tea with former President George. W. Bush, Senior. view
• 29 Dec 2020 in Senate: These people are injecting money into the economy. The problem we have is two- fold. One is about investment advice that we thought would be given to them by the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage and Professional Athletes of Kenya (PAK). This way, they would not win the money and not know where to invest. Those of us who come from the North Rift know the value of that money and what it has done in there. view
• 29 Dec 2020 in Senate: The other issue is double taxation. Hon. Amina Mohammed has looked like a flower girl in that Ministry. Just before her term ends, she should at least talk to the Government to avoid double taxation of our athletes. Somebody wins in Japan where they are taxed and the Government taxes them--- view
• 29 Dec 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would not want to reply to that and, of course, you cannot substantiate the obvious. Let me proceed. With regard to the Brand Kenya, Build Kenya initiative, I agree with Sen. Wetangula, that as a country, instead of--- view
• 29 Dec 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I did not expect this to degenerate into gender issues. All the same, I did not in any way want to disregard the women--- view
• 29 Dec 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I apologize. view