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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orwoba",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to support this Bill. I take note that the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare went through this Bill and gave a report on it. I had the opportunity to interact with some of the issues that were highlighted by the stakeholders who are affected by the repealing of the Gambling Act, which is getting replaced by this Bill. When we were talking to the stakeholders,which are the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) and the Sports Funds - all these institutions that would be affected directly by this Bill - one thing that came out clearly is that there is, in fact, too much money in gambling. This is to an extent that it was an issue of deciding what percentage of the levy would go to which institution. A clear example of this is that we had members of the Sports Fund coming in to say that there was a section of the new Bill that took away more than Kshs16 billion from the Sports Fund. Earlier on, levies would be collected and a big percentage of them would go to the Sports Fund, so as to facilitate the activities that the Sports Fund had. They included sporting activities, supporting artists and our young athletes. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there was an oversight when this Bill was being drafted and they forgot to include the percentage that should still remain in the Sports Fund. When the Sports Fund appeared before the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, they explained this. Yes, that money was generated from sports, but it was generated from gambling mainly within the sporting activities and that is why it was easy to justify that money should be pumped back into the Sports Fund. My question then was, if we The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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