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    "id": 1350193,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1350193/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "Let me take this opportunity to caution those who will be nominated into this board. We know this will be a very liquid sector. We know what happens in areas where there is a lot of liquidity. We also know the clamour that will be there for this lottery. We, as a House, must be emphatic that we are not creating an opportunity for anybody to make money out of such good proposals. We were debating the question of conflict of interest earlier this afternoon. May it be known by all public officers and servants, including those in the Office of the President, that we are not passing this Bill to create an avenue for them to mint money from corporates, entities, individuals who are seeking licensing, association or joint venture arrangements with the board to conduct the national lottery. What informs us as a country is the need to have a National Lottery Bill that will help us to regulate our gambling and our betting industry in a way and derive value out of what I would otherwise say is a vice in society. We intend to make sure that whichever entity, person or joint venture partner that enters into any contractual agreements with the research board, when this Bill becomes an Act of Parliament, will be done in a very transparent and accountable manner to ensure that the national lottery derives maximum value for the benefit of the people of Kenya."
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