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    "id": 677261,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/677261/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": "Sportpesa is arguably the biggest sporting business in East Africa. I have confirmed that it has a very strong presence in Kenya with over one million registered users. On Monday, Sportpesa signed a multimillion pound scholarship deal with the UK club Hull City. The partnership comes after what is seen as a vicious expansion strategy by the book markers. So, the Kshs6 billion that has been signed, in my opinion, is part of a scheme or strategy to divert attention from the taxman that Kshs6 billion of our money has gone there. What do we deal with? This has been seen to enter into deals in Kenya. They have entered another deal with the Kenya Rugby Union of Kshs607 million, Kshs450 million with Kenya Premier League, Kshs325 million with Gor Mahia and Kshs225 million with AFC Leopards totalling Kshs.10 billion. So, it is not only with Hull City. The question that this House must ponder is whether they are paying taxes. Is this part of money laundering that we must fight? Can this money be used to finance terrorism? We must ask ourselves this. Is our country and children turning into a gambling nation? Even the burning of schools that is taking place has an element of this gambling. You will find all your children in the evening in their rooms with telephones betting. They use school fees to bet. When they go to school and cannot come back to their parents or their teachers, they burn schools. Why are the activities of these betting companies shrouded in secrecy?"
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