President William Ruto has termed Budapest World Athletics gold winners Faith Kipyegon and Mary Moraa as great assets to the country. https://bit.ly/3Z2uN2w
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00:00 Let me also congratulate the golden ladies.
00:06 Mary Mora here and Faith Kipiegwa.
00:09 [APPLAUSE]
00:11 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:15 Congratulations, Mary.
00:17 Congratulations times two, Faith.
00:20 You ladies are a great, a great asset for our country.
00:27 You are the reason why Kenya is the best in Africa.
00:31 And you are the reason why Kenya is number five,
00:36 together with your team and all the others.
00:38 Our medalists from Budapest, can they stand up?
00:43 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:45 [APPLAUSE]
00:47 Congratulations, good people.
00:49 You have done us very proud.
00:52 And you have our goodwill and support.
00:55 Congratulations again, and we will stand by you
00:58 going into the future.
00:59 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:01 Every time when our national anthem was played,
01:09 we felt that we were global leaders in every aspect.
01:14 And it wasn't me, it wasn't Ababu, or any one of us
01:19 who made that happen.
01:21 It is you.
01:22 So you guys are great, and you have our goodwill and support.
01:27 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:30 And it is the reason why we must keep our focus on our sportsmen
01:36 and women.
01:37 They are the reason why Kenya is flying high,
01:41 and they are the reason why this ministry exists,
01:45 to deal with our young people, and to deal
01:48 with our sportsmen and women, the arts,
01:52 and all the other disciplines that make us
01:55 the nation that we are.
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