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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gichigi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1909,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Kamunye Gichigi",
        "slug": "samuel-kamunye-gichigi"
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, we must also guard Kenyans against scams. There are very many people who are pretending they can fix those bets. They are also pretending they can assist the people who pay their money to win. They tell you “put your money in this or put your money in that”, and yet, they have no clue of what is happening. That is another layer of crooks who are carrying out scams. As I wind up, the law that was brought here or the amendments that we had suggested here were for collection of taxes. Even as we deal with the wider issue of betting, I would have suggested that the proposed law on the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) collecting tax is dealt with, we pass it and KRA starts collecting tax that is not being collected, and then we can deal with the other issues of a regulatory framework on betting. I hope every person who has been suggested in this list like me intends to help this country. If this Motion is passed, that is what some of us will insist on. We will make sure the report that comes here is helping the country against the vice that has caught the population out there. Something like a juke box or betting machine in the estate that is attracting children and other people who have no clue what is happening must be banned. We must have something that is formal, betting that is well informed and a legal framework that is dealing with dissemination of information and sensitisation of the public as to what it is. Therefore, I support this. I agree that maybe the leadership of this House ought to have brought more Members, the rank and file of this House to populate this Committee. That would have been a better idea. We would not be having the challenges we are having. All in all, this is a Motion I support."
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