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    "id": 1231017,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1231017/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiambaa, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Njuguna Kawanjiku",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity so that I can support this Motion being presented by Hon. Mathenge. For sure it is high time that we do something as the House and even as the Government. The number of people we are losing to betting is enormous. We should try as much as we can to regulate some of these media houses because one of those things they are doing is to communicate. They acquired their licenses from the CA for communication. However, behind the scenes they are luring people into betting. One thing about betting is that these people are not regulated. They pay tax for betting to the KRA. You will realise that a whole generation from six in the morning to evening, as Hon. Mathenge has alluded, all they do is lure people to betting. Sometimes, for lack of regulations, these people bet with Ksh50 that young people within our community can probably afford. As such, they induct millions of Kenyans and young people into betting. There are no regulations or any form of parameter to be used to know what they are supposed to do to ensure that they pick the correct winners. The people they purport to be winners are people that they probably have just selected using their own means or through backdoors. They then collect the money and say that this person has won. Therefore, let us come up with regulations and make sure these media houses stop using and taking advantage of the goodwill they have with the public. We must call out CA and KRA to go after these companies and tell us who are the registered owners of the paybill numbers. Some of the media moguls within our public are the ones who are siphoning money from the public using betting. This has played a major role in the young generation. Some chose to remain unemployed because they believe they will win if they bet with as little as Ksh50 or Ksh100. This betting has destroyed families because when young people are given money by their parents to probably pay school fees and exams, they divert it to betting. They believe they will win a lot more money. After the results are announced and probably they have lost, they cannot go back to their families, and most likely end up committing suicide. Even the Attorney-General should tell us who are the owners of the companies that pay for betting activities in the media industry. If the work of the media is to air news, then they should leave the BCLB to license the betting companies. We have raised these questions severally. I have also brought a similar question here and I never got an answer from the CA. It is high time we moved this Motion and made sure that we brought out these cartels from the lockers. Who are these cartels playing with Kenyans’ minds?"
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