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    "id": 686671,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gichigi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1909,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Kamunye Gichigi",
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    "content": "The worst thing is that most of this money is being taken out of the country to fund institutions out there. That person is like a tax collector. There is no difference between KRA and the betting firms. They are collecting money from people and putting it in their pockets. The KRA is not doing much about it, obviously because of lack of a law. So, I support these provisions. These are just taxing authorities that want their pie. I have done a bit of research and I have found out that in Britain and South Africa, for example, most of the money that is collected from gaming and lotteries is ploughed back by law, into social needs. When this Bill goes into the Committee of the whole House - I hope that should be before we go on recess - I propose to bring an amendment so that a substantial chunk of this money is committed to social services such as sports and other charitable activities. That must happen. While this Bill says that this money should be collected, what is going to happen to those characters that have installed gaming machines in kiosks in estates where our children are putting coins? It is not going to be possible for the KRA to catch up with those people. Perhaps, it is high time some of those activities were banned. I strongly suggest that we bring amendments related to taxation to this Bill for the time being. However, the whole betting law regime must, of necessity, change because the Betting Control and Licencing Board is already in bed with the betting firms. I second."
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