25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly:
clubs like Gor Mahia, AFC Leopards, Ulinzi Stars and Shabana, they would buy those stadia from the national Government, assume ownership and use them for sports. That is why it is important to develop the sport itself. It can then facilitate the infrastructure that we need. There was an inordinate delay in the construction of the Marsabit Stadium. I already captured that in my Report. The delay also affected Kinoru and Kamariny stadia, among others. But as I promised, by the time I come back here to speak about sports and sports infrastructure, the pending infrastructure would either have been ...
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25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly:
Okay. You are invading another ward, which is even worse!
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25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly:
But, at least, you will be neighbouring a very important facility that would bring business to your neighbourhood. Secondly, outside the main stadium, there are three training pitches. Two will have running tracks, while the other will be purely a football pitch. Again, in terms of business and employment, it will benefit the people who live in the neighbourhood. We also believe that the facilities, including the infrastructure, will be improved, which will touch on your ward up to Lenana Ward and the Kibra Ward. Therefore, the plan is to…
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25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly:
That is what I was coming to. Maybe, the plan is to say that with Sports Kenya, how can those training pitches be accessed by children and even players who are at the bottom of the pyramid? They cannot pay a higher fee. We should work out that plan as we develop that facility. I am not aware in so far as the question of employees not coming from your ward. I suspect there may be some because there are 2,000 in number. This is a huge figure and, at their optimum, they will have 3,000 people working day and ...
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25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly:
Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. First of all, let me say that Hon. Maungu’s question….
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25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me start with Hon. Maungu’s question. I will follow up with the payment for the members of Luanda Villa Soccer Club (SC) team who were the winners of the Division One League. I will follow up on the same to make sure that they are paid. We will also make sure that a few other sportsmen and women whose money has not been disbursed is done expeditiously. Hon. Mutuse, Ngaga Training Centre is not among the ones that have been advertised. As we have discussed with you, we will make it a priority in the ...
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25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly:
academies, we will consider the marginalised areas because that is affordable. We can start from there as we move towards 15,000 sports facilities. Hon. Joseph Namuar, I am inspired by your suggestion. I was even asked during vetting about the role of sports in promoting peace. I think we should transition what we started together as well-wishers and Community Social Responsibility (CSR) to the people of North Rift. We can think through it as a Government, that is, how we can structure it to remain consistent in terms of dealing with the menace of banditry and other peace-related issues in ...
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25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly:
I received your letter. Thank you very much. We will consider it. When it comes to Hon. Gitonga Mukunji's question, yes, I am informed that before the Embu Stadium was constructed, Njukiri Stadium was supposed to be the first one. So, we will see in the queue how else we can come back to Embu after considering a few of your colleagues here who are in serious problems. At least, you have one stadium. Because of Madaraka Day, it moved to Embu, but initially Njukiri Stadium was supposed to be the priority in that place. You have asked the question ...
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25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly:
sure that you have a proper facility. However, what we want to do in Shanzu is of international standard, that is, the equivalent of Nyayo stadium or somewhere between Nyayo and Kasarani stadiums or between Nyayo Stadium and Talanta. That is because the low altitude competitions are held in places like the Coast region. We want one stadium to be done there of a magnitude that can help us in hosting competitions because you cannot host them in very high altitude areas. Hon. Julius Rutto, I agree that we need to safeguard the roadsides for running by our athletes. When ...
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25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly:
Last but not least, is the concern by Hon. Liza Chelule. She asked about Olenguruone Stadium. That stadium is a county facility and we believe that, if you work together with the County Government of Nakuru, you should be able to deliver a good facility for Olenguruone. Also, as we work towards delivery of the Sports Academy for Kuresoi South, that may be an area to be considered for construction. We also have some other projects that we are working with development partners and we will see whether we can identify that one area. We know that is the home ...
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