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    "id": 724217,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "on Jeff Koinange Live at KTN. Jeff Koinange asked that CEO: “How many people bet on your platform everyday and what is the average bet?” He said: “Six million people bet on our platform with an average of Kshs100 a day.” That is Kshs600 million that a few individuals are making. I asked him: “How much tax did you pay last year?” He said that Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has never gone to them, but they paid Kshs85 million last year. A person who makes Kshs600 million a day pays only Kshs85 million in a year. We are in the plane in the morning; we are in the plane at night and we are in the plane in the day going to China to borrow money and loading it to our unborn children. We do not want to put those people out of business. They must come to the table. You have given us an opportunity to debate. Hon. Gichigi says that there is undue pressure. I have not pressured anybody. I only came to the House Business Committee and asked for the status of my Bill. It had matured. It was listed. It is my privilege as a Member of the House Business Committee to do that. Why would I be prioritising other people’s Bills and mine, which has matured, is not prioritised? We want to work this out. Members of Parliament, let me plead with you. Despite what your interest may be, please save this country. Kenyans are telling us that we must do something. There is no reason for a slot machine to be in Nyadorera which a Chinese man comes to inspect every so often and gives the shopkeeper 10 per cent. That shopkeeper does not declare that income. Nobody knows those Chinese. It is estimated today - according to Nkaissery’s Office and according to his officers in his presence - that 50,000 of those slot machines are here. About 50,000 of them have found their way into this country. Those are 50,000 stations where people are putting money and income is not declared. Where will our country get money from? Hon. Speaker, this Bill is an Act of Parliament to amend the Betting, Lotteries and Gaming Act and provide for a legal framework for regulating and, controlling gambling activities, and for connected purposes. It is a legal framework. Online betting is allowed in England, Hon. Gikaria, but you can only bet in a certain radius. There is an amount of money that you can bet per day, so that it does not affect you even when you are addicted. It is specified. Your phone, - that is the phone you use - if you leave the radius of Nairobi County, it switches 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."
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