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    "id": 1348082,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bondo, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Ochanda",
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    "content": "That is where the problem is. What is the reason for coming up with a lottery? There must be a purpose, which must be for the good of society. We would participate in the Charity Sweepstakes to support charitable initiatives in the society. What do we gain from somebody who has a good Mercedes-Benz worth Ksh30 million, which he parks on the street and tells everybody to give him Ksh200? He ends up generating Ksh2 billion by getting 10,000,000 people to subscribe for Ksh200, yet no one gets the car. Even if one person gets it, the fellow will be left with Ksh1.97 billion. That is the problem and disadvantage that we are looking at. Gambling with a purpose is different from figurative gambling, which the Member for Machakos was trying to introduce. He said that life is a gamble, but that is different from gambling as a game. We are late in taking action, and we have lost a lot as a Government. Even as we try to cite certain provisions in the Bill that state that taxes charged on gambling are referred to as “sin taxes”, which we will plough back to the community to rehabilitate gambling addicts, there are people who cannot be rehabilitated. You do not know where they are and you cannot get them. There are bits of the Bill that need to be looked at afresh. Look at what is happening in villages, leave alone Nairobi and other urban areas. Young boys and girls go out to look for money in all directions by participating in unreasonable games. I support the Bill but it should have sterner provisions beyond what it has at the moment."
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