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    "id": 1402181,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for allowing me to contribute to this debate. I was going home the other day, and one of the people who had accompanied me told me that he was happy because he had done some online gambling and got Kshs30,000. A few days later, the same person told me how he felt terrible because, in the same place where he had made Kshs30,000, he had lost Kshs50,000. He was asking me to give him something to help him because there was an emergency he needed to sort out. My focus in this debate would be on online gambling. Many people have lost money in online gambling. This Bill has made a mention of online gambling. Nothing much has been focused on online gambling. Kenyans have lost money on online gambling. The form of gambling where you pay small monies on the machines has not been as bad and destructive as online gambling. The only requirement in the Bill for online gambling is in the Third Schedule. The Bill proposes a license of Kshs200 million for online gambling companies. This is equivalent to what they will be required to put as a national lottery. For online gambling, we should at least double the amount. I say so because online gambling has become a trend and a con game. They are multinational operations. They will go to Zambia and Zimbabwe in Africa, and the same company will be operating in Kenya. 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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