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    "id": 1348062,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1348062/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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    "content": "today. They will bring sanity and order. This industry has a lot of money and an aspect of addiction. If it is not regulated well, it can cause a number of problems in families, especially to the underage. It is known that many families have broken down because of improper or unregulated gambling activities. Some individuals have lost their livelihoods because they went out to the casinos and amusement centres where they lost most of their wealth through gambling. This Bill—through its many clauses, from Clause 45 onwards—tries to establish a very clear organisation framework: how an amusement park can be organised and how gambling can be regulated and done properly. The laws make sure that unregulated gambling is disallowed because it promotes crime, addiction and bad behaviour. The gambling industry generates a lot of revenues in form of taxes as the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning has indicated. Over Ksh14 billion is raised in various forms of taxation. This money can be put to good use in promoting national development in terms of social development and welfare of the citizens. In some countries in Europe, the money raised through gambling and lotteries is used to construct rehabilitation centres, schools and other public entities that are beneficial to humankind. This Bill tries to address gambling by bringing order to the gambling industry to make sure that it issues licenses or permits. It also ensures that the licenses or permits of those who do not follow the law are withdrawn. It also puts in place a general regulatory framework. Many cultures and religions like Islam prohibit gambling because it has a lot of negativity. That is why this law is trying to bring sanity and order to this industry."
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