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    "id": 1350179,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "people who are perpetually addicted to gambling. It becomes a problem for them, just like alcoholics and drug addicts. This becomes a problem and they need to be helped. Therefore, part of the money raised through this national lottery can be used to facilitate their protection and rehabilitation just as we rehabilitate alcohol and drug addicts. It will also be used to promote the protection and conservation of the environment. We are in an era where we are all speaking of climate change and planting trees. We can deploy some of these resources in environmental protection and ensure that we also support animal welfare initiatives. The resources will be used to help the needy through the provision of food, shelter and healthcare services. Especially at a time like this when many families across the country are being ravaged by floods. We would have had a kitty that we could borrow from to provide food and shelter for such people. There are also economic empowerment goods, including the support of small businesses. For instance, we just appropriated another Ksh5 billion into the Hustler Fund. We would be using this money to capitalise on the Hustler Fund if we had a Lottery Fund or a National Lottery Fund. We would use money from the lottery to provide money. There is educational support: provision of scholarships and bursaries, and education resources like libraries and laboratories, among others. All these can be provided for, including sports and recreation, culture, and national heritage. The Bill enumerates many good causes that include signature transformation projects where we can even transform our country. Housing is an example. This morning I was engaging with Hon. Gitonga Murugara, also known as Sir George. He is an accomplished advocate of the High Court and I know he was in the High Court all morning, defending what we did here - the Housing Fund Levy. Hon. Murugara was apprising me on what went on in court. There are three judges who decided to give a stay of execution until January. We must appeal that decision. As a House, we passed a law informed on the circumstances of our economy. This House, in its own wisdom, decided that money would be deducted from people to create a Fund to build houses."
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