{"id":728100,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/728100/?format=json","text_counter":298,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Irea","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":1335,"legal_name":"Gideon Mwiti Irea","slug":"gideon-mwiti-irea"},"content":"Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support. The Cabinet Secretary (CS) for the National Treasury said that betting companies will be paying a 50 per cent tax from what they collect and that was a good move. Previously, in this country the Government used to take a seven per cent tax from the betting companies which did not spend a lot of money here. Last year, I saw betting companies funding the English Premier League and other projects outside this country instead of ploughing it back in this country."}