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    "id": 677270,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "people who are downtrodden in terms of the ability to spend. There are some who cannot even afford two meals a day, but they are gambling because they hope that Kshs100 million will land on their laps someday, which may not be true. They gamble all their money and it disappears. What is of interest is one of the institutions that are involved in gambling. They are even sponsoring a football club in the United Kingdom (UK) to the tune of Kshs6 billion. That is a very serious thing. That is what we call drain of our hard earned foreign exchange from this country. We earn between Kshs15 billion and Kshs16 billion of foreign currency from Kenyans living outside this country. We want to take back this money to those countries. We should only be receiving money from countries in the West. As you know, the West committed a lot of atrocities to Africa. They should pay us. We should not be suffering. For those of us who are students of history, they took all our raw materials. The African Continent has suffered because of the transfer of raw materials, which we never benefited from. We are doing the same thing. Money has come into this country and we are transferring it in a very easy manner. The electronic system has made it very simple to transfer money undetected because people do not know. That is why the President closed those shops. Unfortunately, they appear to have been reopened. They were all closed because they had perfected the art of wiring money to even terrorist organisations. So, this is a very serious matter. I support Hon. Midiwo’s proposal that a Select Committee be formed. However, it should be done in an orderly manner. I propose that Hon. Midiwo brings a formal Motion to the House proposing to form a Select Committee. This is a very serious matter. We will pass it, so that we can conduct public hearings in a very bipartisan manner, so that those who are interested can participate. We will then come up with a law that will seal all these loopholes and save Kenyans the agony of losing children and money. The only thing I did not agree with Hon. Midiwo is when he said that our economy is mismanaged. It is not a mismanaged economy. It is a growing economy. When you go to growing economies, people build on the river banks and do all sorts of things. This economy is growing so fast that the law is unable to catch up with so many developments. It is not a mismanaged economy. This is the biggest single economy in Eastern Africa. So, we must guard against foreigners who seek to fly in by the night and fly out in the morning before we know who they are. I support the Leader of the Majority Party and Hon. Midiwo that a Select Committee be formed. Since he is the one who proposed, I would like to request him, with your permission, that he presents a Motion, possibly on Tuesday. He is a very intelligent man and he will burn the midnight oil."
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