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    "id": 724202,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/724202/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Betting, Lotteries and Gaming (Amendment) Bill 2016 be now read a Second Time. First of all, I want to communicate with the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, chaired by my friend, Hon. David Were. We cannot achieve much for our country if we work at cross-purposes. I also want to tell you that my intentions here are noble and I am only acting because of public petitions and my own experience with this issue of gambling. I also want to reveal that I am surprised that the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, which called me to a meeting and told me very many things which are wrong with betting and gambling, is now backtracking after telling me that my Bill was comprehensive and they had no other thing to offer. Their draft Bill was produced in 24 hours. I think it is strange that a draft Bill can be used to stop a Bill which has already matured before the House and gone before the processes. Last year, I attempted to bring a Motion that this House establishes a committee to look into the problems that Kenyans are complaining about. Every time you look at the newspapers, you see news like somebody killed his wife in Nanyuki because the wife gambled away all the money they had in the hope that they could make more money."
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