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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kiptui",
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        "legal_name": "Grace Jemutai Kiptui",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Motion. At the outset, let me say that as a mother, I feel distraught because this gambling issue is affecting the young people. The youth of this country, including our children who are in universities and colleges, are affected. How it came to the level that we licensed so many gambling institutions until now that we realise things have gone very far is unfortunate. We see the signs when we see children committing suicide as a result of their money having been blown away in gambling. Sincerely, those are not the values that we would want to inculcate in our youth. We tell them that we have to sweat to earn a living. However, this other activity shows them that they may sit in their room and become millionaires overnight. In the television and radios, we see and hear people being declared millionaires. They scream with happiness. They say what they are going to do with their money. Those values are going to destroy the hardworking skills that we want to inculcate. What am I saying? I am saying that it is important for us to look at it wholesomely and come up with regulations that will ensure we streamline their operations. Those could be challenges of the technological age where people gamble and you do not even know the age of those people. In the United States of America (USA), for instance, a state like Las Vegas has liberalised that and they gamble 24 hours seven days a week. Even at the airport as you board a plane, you find somebody gambling right next to the door of the plane. However, they know how to regulate it so much that when a person wins, taxes are deducted immediately, but in Kenya we are waking up to a rude shock because things seem to be happening so fast for us. So, I support the Motion. This gambling practice is encouraging many other things. For instance, people call others on their mobile phones and tell them they have won some money and that they should tell them their telephone number. It encourages other side shows where criminals are taking advantage. God knows where all this money comes from. So, as I support and as my colleagues have said, the timeframe is good. I think they will manage to give us a genuine, concise and well researched report using technology. They should be aware that the Government can monitor using the cyber technology we have to see what is exactly going on. So, I do not think they will have to go to the country side, knock doors and ask questions. It can be dealt with technologically. For the membership, Hon. Speaker, you can pay attention to the mood and feeling of the other colleagues. We need to have a team that can give us a report that can be passed without a lot of stress when it lands on the Floor of the House. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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