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    "id": 680917,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/680917/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Abongotum",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 165,
        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
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    "content": "and Legal Affairs and Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security. So, it is not possible to have more than 120 Members in one select committee handling this issue. We should consider benchmarking with other countries that have better policies on lottery, betting and gambling. Those are countries like the US, Britain and the Nordic countries. Let us benchmark and get the best rules and policies to govern this industry. We should recommend that those people should pay high taxes to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) because they are making a lot of money so that Kenyans can get more money to support many sectors. The issue of licensing must also be addressed because at the moment, I do not think they use a lot of money to get licences. We should also consider that part. On the age limit of children, we should not consider children below the age of 18. They should not participate in gaming and betting because, at the end of the day, they will not be reading. They will just be betting from Monday to Sunday. They will end up becoming thieves. At the end of the day, it is parents who give out the money and they use it to bet. When they do not achieve their goals, some of them end up committing suicide. So, we should control the industry. Of course, we should also make sure that this is not a game for very rich people. Cascading it to the very poor in the villages is also not good. We must consider having limits in coming up with better policies on this. Generally, we should consider the players in this industry. We are even told we have foreigners with questionable backgrounds in this industry. We must know who the players in"
}