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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I am going to be factual and talk about this issue of gambling. It will be nice for this House to know that the issue of online betting, which is why there is so much interest in this Bill, is not regulated. There is not a single law in our country that regulates online betting. This is a scenario where a few people have colluded with foreigners and they are making more money than the Government of Kenya. I want to talk particularly now after things I have heard in the corridors of Parliament. I want to plead with my colleagues from the Jubilee side because this is our country to protect the Government. It is important that if somebody is pilfering from the Government, you as a Jubilee Member of Parliament have a responsibility to be the first one to protect the Government. We cannot collude with people of bad and ill intentions for our society. Let me tell the Committee and the House that many people have contacted me and I have told them we must deal through the Committee. We are not trying to abolish gambling and betting because our Constitution has allowed gambling and gaming. We cannot abolish it using ordinary legislation without changing the Constitution. The same Constitution requires us to firstly, as a Parliament, deal with issues that affect our society as Members of Parliament. The same Constitution requires us to produce and legislate enabling laws. As you know, you can be sitting here as we are and probably some of us are gambling on our phones; the same thing your five-year-old smart child can do at home. The same thing applies to our kids who are in universities and high schools."
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