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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "We will be looking through this industry with a toothcomb. There are some things which you can use charity money to establish in society. It is a lot of money and we are a poor nation. We are just a developing country. I know two sports heroes. One is Abass - Kenya One - the goalkeeper. There are many people like him. The people who made soccer to be what it is and what it was in Kenya are out there and somebody is using proceeds from soccer and sports to support foreign teams. Hon. Speaker, did you know that Francis Kadenge is a taxi driver and yet somebody wants to give a British team, Hull City money? Something is not adding up. Where is Kadenge supposed to go? He cannot be poor, and he is not the only one. How come we do not hear the foundation of Mr. Kipchoge Keino, which is trying to sustain sports, being supported? The Jubilee Government in its manifesto pledged to build stadia. Which is logical? Is it to build a stadium in Kakamega or to give Arsenal money? Something is not adding up. Parliament has a duty to deal with this matter. We can use some of this money to help the Mulembe conscience. Looking at this whole industry, a few things must happen. We must establish a charity fund which this country can use to help the people of this country. We must also look at the issue of tax evasion. We must have a tax reporting system. Since this money comes from our constituents, what I want is a reporting system that involves Parliament of Kenya directly so that we know that on such a date so much money was collected at a certain place and it is going to the Government of Kenya. You cannot have so many governments. What is happening now is not tenable. Yesterday, Sen. Kagwe called me and said: “I really love what you are about to do.” There are booths everywhere in Nyeri. Gambling has replaced going to the farm. This is a serious thing. On the day I raised this issue here, immediately I left, I was told that a boy from my home committed suicide because he gambled away his Kshs9,000. It is just not funny. We must do something. We cannot have our children exposed. In this, the betting companies must come back to us, as a House, and say; “this is when and how we advertise; this is the effect of it and this is how we will cure the addicted people who may be harmed in this process.” We can do that, as a House. Under Article 95 of our Constitution, we can agree with these people. I know there are bad elements. We want to know the people importing the booths which, I am told, are all over Kayole, Mathare and Kibra. Who is putting those booths on street corners and shops? People used to go to casinos. You cannot have casinos in estates where people live because there are minors. We must make it difficult for somebody to sell their conscience and be addicted to gambling. Hon. Speaker, I have said enough and I will say more when we bring a report. I beg to move and ask my colleague, Hon. Chepkong’a, to second."
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