25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly:
The Academy endeavours to continue fulfilling its mandate of sports talent identification development, capacity building of sports technical personnel and conducting sports research. This will be achieved through athlete’s identification, nurturing and development of programmes, conducting coaching and refereeing courses, provisions of sports training equipment to athletes and the teams across the grassroots. To ensure the continuity of that programme, the Academy will strive to work with stakeholders, including the Ministry of Education, county governments, sports federations, Kenya primary schools and secondary schools’ associations in the development of sports talent.
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25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker.
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25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, let me give the counties the benefit of doubt, and I say this because so far, Homa Bay County is doing very well with their stadium which they built themselves. It is fairly well maintained. The Hon. Deputy Speaker is saying it is because of the Governor, who is a woman. I do not think that is the only reason. The thing I would like to say is that the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) we are going to sign - and that is why Wang’uru has not been handed over - is because that Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) ...
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25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly:
Hon. Mayaka asked something about the team that was stuck and protested in our offices and at the airport. We realised that the team wanted to travel six days before the tournament, and there was nothing to do to prepare for Kabaddi when you are competing. So, we requested that they travel, at least, two days before to have time to recover and then play so that we could save on costs. We communicated that to their federations, and they were well aware. However, you know, sometimes, when people want just to raise their voice a little bit, they do ...
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25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly:
Nevertheless, we will continue supporting them and they are now out of the country participating in the tournament. Hon. Zamzam has talked about the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) elections. When we got to the office, one of the things I promised during the vetting here in this House was that I was going to do everything possible to make sure that they had elections in the first place.
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25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly:
So, I am happy we have an election day. We now have the elections board, which is part of the regulations of the FKF law. I am going to have a meeting with the Board to see if we can lend them neutral Government facilities to operate their elections from and whether we can also find ways of supporting them technically with the Independent Elections and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), so that the elections are as transparent as possible. That is the conversation we are having. The stakeholders are busy now. The candidates are busy campaigning. We desire to deliver credible ...
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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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