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    "id": 677269,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/677269/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1154,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
        "slug": "samuel-kiprono-chepkonga"
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    "content": "Article 109 gives us the power to introduce any Bill to this House in seeking to resolve any issues of concern to the people. The matters that have been raised by the Leader of the Majority Party and the Deputy Leader of the Minority Party are very serious and, indeed, very weighty. We have read in the newspapers of incidences concerning Sportpesa. I read about a young man from Nyanza who was given Kshs80,000 for school fees and instead of going to pay school fees, he went and gambled with Sportpesa. The gamble was on the Euro football competition. The match was between Belgium and Switzerland and people were to bet who was going to win. He split the money into two and put Kshs40,000 on Belgium and Kshs40,000 on Switzerland. What he never anticipated was that there was going to be a draw. There was supposed to be a winner because those were knockout stages. Part of the conditions was that the gamble did not include the extra time. So, there was a draw and the football teams went for extra time and penalties. Of course, there was a winner, but that was not included in the gamble. So, he lost the Kshs40,000 he had placed on Belgium and the other Kshs40,000 he had placed on Switzerland. He was left a destitute. In fact, I think he searched his soul. It was a very sad situation. He wondered how he was going to explain to his parents. If he has a parent like me, who entertains no nonsense from his children, I am sure he would not come back home. That is what this young man chose to do. He chose not to go back home. It was very unfortunate because he had to hang himself. He took his life because he did not know what to do. That is how serious gambling is. This Bill is very urgent. It was drafted in 2015. There are many things that have been overtaken. Sportpesa is like when mobile telephony was introduced in Kenya in 2000 and things were moving so fast that it became difficult for even the law to catch up with it. The Leader of the Majority Party has read the names of those who are participating in gambling. They have very interesting names, which are very attractive to the young people. They are very attractive to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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