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    "content": "January, 2015, the mobile telephony operator disguised a lottery for private gain as a promotion designed to reward participating subscribers with cash and other prizes. (4) THAT, to enter the promotion, subscribers were required to send their names via SMS to code 29555. They would then accumulate points by answering simple multiple choice questions that require no skill to answer. (5) THAT, these points were used in a draw to pick the daily, weekly and grand prize winners. (6) THAT, each SMS sent to the 29555 code was billed at cash Kshs5. (7) THAT, the points were allegedly awarded as follows; 100 points upon registration, 100 points for every correct response, 50 points for an invalid response which was neither “a” nor “b”, 1,000 points for every 10,000 threshold points reached, for instance, at reaching 10,000, 20,000 and so on. (8) THAT, the prizes were alleged to be as follows: (a) grand prize, Kshs5 million and an Isuzu TFR, single cabin pick up; (b) daily winners of cash would get Kshs1 million, (c) that there would be 18,000 winners of Kshs1,000 each. (d) That there would be 1,000 winners of cash Kshs100 Safaricom airtime. (9) I have never been a gambler all my life and would not have gambled my hard earned money had Safaricom Limited not tempted me through media campaigns. (10) The Lottery misled me into believing that winning chances increase the more time I bonyeza resulting in throwing away my hard earned money. (11) There was no civic education conducted by Safaricom Limited to prepare the public of their own onslaught that does not spare children. (12) The lottery is turning Kenya into a country of gamblers. (13) Contrary to the Betting, Lotteries and Gaming Act, Cap 131 revised edition 2012, 1991; (a) The Lottery is not restricted to designated places and has turned mobile phones and households into unlicensed and readily accessible gaming premises. (b) The Lottery has turned our mobile phones into instruments, machines, contrivances or tools for hooking unsuspecting people, including children into gambling. (c) The Lottery does not provide a statement of accounts for the participating public to know how much money has been raised. (d) The lottery does not display its license or permit in an area where the grassroots masses that it targets can access hence there is no way of knowing whether it is a legitimate or authorized lottery or not. (e) The lottery does not protect or shield children from gaming. (f) The lottery spams mobile handsets or subscribers to Safaricom’s telephony services with messages enticing them to participate in the scam. (g) Safaricom Limited is not registered as a body, corporate under any law for purposes of promoting lotteries. (14) Safaricom Limited sends out 10 questions daily to each player amounting to Kshs50 per registered mobile number. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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