{"id":686736,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/686736/?format=json","text_counter":197,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Dawood","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":2572,"legal_name":"Abdul Rahim Dawood","slug":"abdul-rahim-dawood"},"content":"Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. You can see the Chairman of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) Committee gesturing. I support this Bill but I will be very brief. We need to control betting and licensing in this country because a lot of our people lose money through betting and licensing. In my constituency, there is a particular a fellow who sells phones and tells people that they can win a motorbike. When I confronted him, he told me that he was given that licence by the County Government of Meru. Unfortunately, that licence was just to allow him do business for three days in Meru. He did not have a betting and licensing licence. For that reason, we need to check on these things. The county governments ought to be brought on board. They should not be giving licences to people for betting and lotteries. Secondly, regarding SportPesa and betting, we need to come up with ways charging much more instead of just 5 per cent. We should make sure that at least 50 per cent of the revenue they get is goes to corporate social responsibility activities because a lot of our people are losing their money and committing suicide. We need to stop all that. We need to rein in The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."}