{"id":724204,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/724204/?format=json","text_counter":401,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Midiwo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":184,"legal_name":"Washington Jakoyo Midiwo","slug":"jakoyo-midiwo"},"content":"Hon. Speaker, about three months ago, three girls from Nakuru County were enticed to gamble their school fees on their way to school. Since one of them had a phone, they gambled all their school fees and when they got to school they were told to go back home. The three girls got married to a flower seller because they feared to go home. These are underage kids. This country cannot always be that we look after the selfish individuals and their interest. When we debate, I am not an angel. I may have put things here which you may not like but let us debate them and then amend. But you cannot tell us that an industry that makes more than a billion shillings a day can happen in an environment without law. I can tell you because I have the facts; the few online betting companies that are making money, make more money than the Kenya 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."}