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    "speaker_name": "Bomet East, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Richard Yegon",
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    "content": " I thought that my colleague and Member of the same Committee wanted to interject. Anyway, thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Discussing the regulation of gaming and gambling is long overdue. To be very sincere, as you must have witnessed from all the Members of Parliament who have spoken on the Floor of the House, gaming is very addictive like cigarettes and other drugs. For this industry to be controlled, as a House, we need to come up with serious punitive action to allow only those who have money and are over 18 years old to participate in gambling. We have to increase taxes up to a certain level such that, youths who are prone to steal from their parents and engage in unethical things, so that they get money to gamble, cannot do so. We know that gaming and gambling is a very lucrative business that brings a lot of revenue to the Government. In gambling, winning is not guaranteed. Only one per cent of those who gamble win. We also hear people calling radio stations to participate in competitions and win prizes. They normally tell callers that they will only accept the first five or 10 callers and The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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