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    "id": 1350183,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "This Bill establishes not only the National Lottery Fund, but also the National Lottery Board. Part II of the Bill establishes a board that will consist, amongst others, a chairperson appointed by the President and the Principal Secretary for the National Treasury. However, I did not know that Clause 5(1)(c) of the Bill states that the board shall consist of the Principal Secretary in the State Department responsible for the national lottery or his or her representative appointed in writing. Let me put an indication and I have spoken to the Chairman. I hope it is one of the issues they have looked at in their Report. We need to be explicit, since we are dealing with a board handling funds that are raised from members of the public. Gambling or betting has a security implication by the very nature of the business that goes into gambling on issues of money laundering. In many countries, drug peddlers, people who deal with illegal sale of weapons and those who want to launder money from corruption use betting or gambling companies to launder money. Because of that security aspect, including the threats of terrorism, we have seen in some areas where gambling or betting is used to launder money being used to finance terrorism. I had indicated to the Chairman of the Committee as he engaged with the stakeholders that this is one of the issues that they needed to look into, to make sure that we are explicit that the Principal Secretary to be represented in this board is the one in charge of the Ministry of Interior and National Administration. There is a national security implication in betting matters. No wonder even the Betting Control and Licensing Board (BCLB) that exists today is hosted under the Ministry of Interior and National Administration. If the Committee has not proposed that amendment, I will propose that the board shall consist of the Principal Secretary in charge of Interior and National Administration, but not the Principal Secretary responsible for the national lottery whom we do not know. It must be explicit in the Bill. Clause 6 of the Bill…"
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