Moses Masika Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Dec 2020 in Senate: being caught on the wrong side of the law. That sometimes happens for no fault of the athletes. Scanning through this Bill, Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri, who is an authority on this matter, will bear me witness that a very critical component in the athletes’ lives has not been taken on board to the satisfaction that I expect. Most of our athletes are young, innocent, village born, bred and hardworking people most of whom are from the Rift Valley Region, particularly Elgeyo-Marakwet, Uasin Gishu, Kericho and Mt. Elgon. The areas I have mentioned have produced very outstanding athletes. We boast of ... view
• 29 Dec 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not expect a situation where a girl in Form Two or Three from Nandi - where my distinguished colleague sitting there comes from - running in the village on a world stage would know enhancement drugs in the process of running. It is these crooked agents that introduce them to these drugs and destroy their careers. view
• 29 Dec 2020 in Senate: I would have loved a situation where any agent who has administered, caused or induced to be administered enhancement drugs that fall within the doping sphere to be expelled from this country - if they are foreigners - for ruining our children. They should also get some serious criminal sanctions including, but not limited to prosecution and where found guilty, imprisonment as a deterrent. Thereafter, they should be removed from our soils so that they do not continue contaminating and destroying our athletes. view
• 29 Dec 2020 in Senate: Kenya is respected as a country that has produced some of the best and finest athletes in the world. We have not done very well in football but athletics has been the focus of doping. Of late, we have been seeing very fine and promising boys and girls emerging in athletics being caught on the wrong side. Some are caught accidentally and others induced by crooked agents. view
• 29 Dec 2020 in Senate: I would want to see a situation where exceptions are also applied. For example, we have had situations where an athlete gets treatment from a recognized facility such as Government or a private hospital and some of the contents of the medicines they are administered, for whatever disease, end up being part of the prohibited substances without their knowledge. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 29 Dec 2020 in Senate: In a situation like that, we must trace culpability to the doctor who prescribed the medicine without caution. We can excuse such an athlete who did not know, willfully and fraudulently, go out of their way to consume drugs to enhance their capability. view
• 29 Dec 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is Bill is not unique to Kenya because it has been developed by World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) and adopted by agencies worldwide so that we can bring sanity and do not have other Ben Johnsons. Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri, you may remember Ben Johnson the Canadian who went for Olympics event and won all short races from 100 to 400 meters. In each, he was breaking all world records only to turn out that he was doing this after consuming enhancement drugs. view
• 29 Dec 2020 in Senate: He was found to have knowingly doped himself with his agent’s assistance and was stripped of all the gold medals he had won. In fact, one of the medals was given to Carl Lewis an American runner who celebrated because when Ben Johnson beat him in the Olympics, he protested and said that that superhuman running was not normal. It came to pass that in fact he was right; that Ben Johnson, a Jamaican born Canadian, had been on a mission to cheat the world. We have had other very good and decent athletes like Usain Bolt. Usain Bolt has ... view
• 29 Dec 2020 in Senate: went with his son to the Rio Olympics and the National Olympics Committee paid a ticket for him. It was disgraceful behaviour for a man who has upheld integrity, was never caught on the wrong side of doping, has never been accused of helping or encouraging anybody to dope and has done so much for this country. This Bill having come from the National Assembly, we enjoin them in bringing it to fruition so that as we prepare for the Tokyo Olympics - if they will take place because of the Corona challenges - we can have our athletes go ... view
• 29 Dec 2020 in Senate: in the Olympics, our National Anthem is played four times and the whole world is watching in their billions. There can never be a better marketing for our country than that. I started the programme where I wanted a situation where whenever our athletes go out of the country, whether it is international sporting or this private marathons that are recognised and Grand Prix circuits, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs accords them protocol officers that will help them. Whenever they win, they are accosted by international media on how they won. I saw one athlete who after winning a marathon ... view