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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dadaab, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Farah Maalim",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want to add my voice against the ills of those habits. The previous speaker was very categorical. I believe this thing is banned in all faiths. I know it is banned in Islamic faith. It is said in Arabic, \" rij`sunmin `amali shayṭāni \", which means an abomination and the lowest work of Satan. The devil is the devil, Lucifer. We know him to have no morals. He destroys humanity. Even within the low morals of the devil, Lucifer, this is lowest of all. We have destroyed generations of this country. The thing itself is compulsive. If you have ever heard of the addiction of alcohol, drugs, and khat, this is the most compelling compulsive addiction. Once somebody gets into the habit, he does not know what he is doing. He will sell his properties, spend school fees of his children and sell their food. He will use all that money to bet, or gamble for that matter. We had a way of protecting against this in the early days because it was confined to casinos. Casinos were presumed to be places where rich people went to look for those services. The Government stood to make a little bit of money out of it. Now, because this thing has been liberalised to the extent that you can bet with Ksh10, it has come to our homes. It is bad in a country that has 67 per cent of its population living below the poverty line. We know poverty is widespread."
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