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    "id": 573401,
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    "content": "(1) The appropriate regulatory framework for Gaming Controlling and Licensing in the Country and the need to reform the same to address new medium of gaming such as mobile phones which are now found in almost every household in the country. (2) There is need for sufficient public education on gaming and lotteries and the effects on members of the public participating in the same. (3) The need for full disclosure of the monies raised in such lotteries and how the same are applied; and, (4) The impact on the Kenyan economy of public lotteries, particularly if (this is for the Committee to investigate) the proceeds thereon are repatriated out of the country. I am also alive, hon. Senators, to the fact that under the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution of Kenya, the regulation of betting, casinos and other forms of gambling is now a devolved function. It may, therefore, be time for the Senate to consider coming up with an appropriate framework both for the national and county levels for the regulation of this important industry. I, therefore, direct that the petition be committed to the Standing Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, to consider the same and in terms of Standing Order No.227(2) to respond to the petitioner in not more than 60 days by way of a report addressed to the petitioner and laid on the Table of the Senate."
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