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"content": "I am comfortable with him informing me today."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. My learned friend, Sen. Cherarkey, is not aware that courts are now very hard on those who consume fare without traveling. Thank you."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, when you allow some of these points of information and orders, somebody must table a proof. Looking at Sen. Faki, he does not look like somebody who can give out fare. In fact, I do not think so. However, I agree with him that if people are “eating fare” in this town, the courts should take it seriously. Therefore, we must agree on enforcement and ownership. Many young people do win, but they are not being paid. On the issue of licensing, I agree largely. The Senate Majority Leader should note that we need to do a Government’s approach of a one-stop shop where you can access licenses. Nowadays, when you visit a kiosk somewhere in Kirinyaga Road or Mukuru kwa Njenga, you will find the wall is mosaic because of the number of licences. While I agree with the principle, I do not know what we need to do, especially when issuing licenses to make it efficient so that the people, who issue licences, like the national Government or county governments, do not take advantage. Nowadays, there is a license for public health, the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) and a gambling. How do we make it a one-stop shop, so that it becomes easy to access some of these licenses? Of course, we do not want to open an avenue, as per Clause 65 and 66, where some enforcement officers will take advantage. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "Clause 6, which is my closing, is on online gambling. We need to check on it because sometimes they force you to see an advertisement. I know there is an agreement with YouTube on advertisement, but it should be optional. When you open YouTube, social media or a page, they want you to watch it for five seconds, which I always find unfair because you do not want to watch. Maybe you wanted to watch Senate live proceedings, for example, but they just insist on you watching an advertisement. It must be either they are paying taxes to Government to do that or they give you an option. I have been questioning the role of consumer protection and the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK), which is just across Technical University of Kenya (TUK). What engagements are they doing about competition authority and consumer protection? We need protection. I agree on online bookmarkers, lottery and casino licenses, so that it becomes easy. I agree with Sen. Cheruiyot that we need to enhance fines. I have told you that the people who gamble are very wealthy people. I remember when we wanted to do amendments on winnings, it was hard for both the National Assembly and the Senate to move the amendments because of the interest that the gambling sector has in terms of the laws that we have. I agree on the licensing so that we are protected. I remember when the President pushed on the earnings on online, that you can earn online, but we should have licenses, so that we can track earnings and ensure that there is taxation. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is one thing I wanted to mention about these people who run social media; Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, WhatsApp and TikTok . Most of these companies are operated abroad. There is a systematic discrimination from some of these organizations. When people who are in Africa complain against, for example, X Corporation, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook or Instagram, they do not respond to the complaints, yet most of those accounts are verified and you pay for them. However, people like X Corporation and YouTube, for example, do not respond to you, and yet those accounts that Kenyans or Africans own, are verified and they are paid for. However, when somebody who is in the United States of America (USA) and Europe complains to those organisations and corporations, they take it seriously. I hope as we do this licensing, we are not doing Public Relations (PR). When the Government wants to issue licenses, because they own the domains of those applications, they should not take advantage, but avoid discrimination. In conclusion, Clause 71 (2) says-, “A gambling advertisement shall indicate the addictive nature of gambling.” We want them to be just like cigarettes. There used to be a cigarette called Sportsman. When they say “Sportsman”, they put there that, “smoking is hazardous to your health”. So, when you want to do “ Betika ”---, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am told they that the other day, a team like Arsenal, Aston Villa and others, started on top of the table, but they are now under the table. People have betted that Arsenal or Manchester United, for example, will be on the table, but it ends up under the table. I know that some of us, like you and the the Senate Majority Leader, are football lovers. We are addicted to football. You can imagine people who bet and do not The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "win. Those people need rehabilitation, because some of those people do not have job centers on Mondays. We must indicate and notify players to play responsibly and prohibit children from playing. I think we have an obligation to do that, especially on online bullying to children. A number of us have children who are very young. This exposure of social media and online gambling is dangerous to children. We must have a protective mechanism. I am happy there is a Bill by Sen. Ogola on newborn and other issues of children. We must look at the children and the law and protect our children from this exposure. The way we protect them from not watching pornographic online movies and other things, we must ensure that we put an application that when you want to key in, they request for your age. For example, we can put the minimum age at 18 years in Kenya. The application will ask you for your age, email address and date of birth, so that when you key in 16 years, and you cannot key in a Gmail account or age, then you automatically do not access that site. That is what I mean for Members who are still analogue to understand what we mean. I know the senior youth leader, Sen. (Dr.) Oburu, is following closely. Of course, I agree on the watershed period on the television. We need to ensure that the watershed period is provided for. This Bill has many good things. I cannot go through it all. I also want to listen to colleagues. We need to bring discipline and order within the sector. I congratulate the Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Cheruiyot, for bringing this. Colleagues, we need to fast-track this Bill and ensure that the President assents to it, so that we can bring order in the industry and get more taxes to sustain our economy. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those very many remarks, allow me to end there. I request to see Commissioner, Senior Counsel, Sen. Omogeni, “ nyuma ya tent ” after this, so that we can resolve a few matters. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I second."
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"content": "Proceed, Sen. Sifuna."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is the first of a series of Bills that have come before this House that I will not start by objecting on constitutional principles. It is one of those few that have come before this House recognising that, in fact, this is a national Government function. So, you will not hear me complain as much about the composition of the board that the Senate Majority Leader was speaking to, as I have done in other Bills that have come before this House that were essentially, regulating matters that I believe are devolved functions. Number two, I have had very interesting conversations with young people and other stakeholders in this country. One of the things that I tell people who claim that they are not interested in politics is the spectre of some of the things that have been said by the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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