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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "content": "We are talking about these regulations when we have a devolved system of governance where the Constitution allows county governments to develop laws to collect certain taxes. Unless there is uniformity across board--- You will find some counties that are culturally sane putting a big figure to save their citizens. For others, because of business interests, they make it very cheap. You can pay even Kshs5,000 and have a gambling license. I oppose this. The exposure to the youth at a time when we are facing a lot of social issues such as joblessness should not be gambling, but working hard to make money. Our country is so good that one can only compare it with other developed nations. Even if we leapfrog, one cannot be born today then walk tomorrow. Technology has made it easy hence we do not need to go through entire the industrial revolution process for us to manage certain things. In this country, we have to remember that the industrialization process is necessary because we have 47 counties which are completely different. I oppose it. When you look across, you will realise that countries which are not stable are the ones that set up gambling websites. They lure people to gamble there. One of my colleagues spoke about this. At first, they ask people to spend some little money to get some extra money just for those people to get addicted. Before they realise, they cannot think straight. The only gambling that can be allowed in this country is that of the stock market. This is because one can see a company such as Safaricom in the stock market. Yesterday, I read somewhere that Airtel has now surpassed Safaricom in terms of customer base. When you gamble in those companies, you know that you can watch your stocks rise or go down on a daily basis, which is life. However, it is not right to put in money where you do not know if you will get money to buy a loaf of bread or even a cup of tea. I say no to that. 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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