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    "id": 738758,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/738758/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "First, I want to go on record that I have no business in this betting process because my religion does not subscribe to that. The Muslim Community does not believe in betting and lottery. However, Hon. Jakoyo should tell us where his Bill is. The Cabinet Secretary had proposed 50 per cent, but when he appeared before the Committee he suggested 35 per cent in writing. It is the function of Parliament to decide on any figure, including deletion which I have no problem with. However, we do not want to be taken in circus. Hon. Jakoyo must be given the microphone again and tell us because we have not seen his Bill for another one-and-a-half months. We must balance as a House in making the law between regulating industries and at the same time protecting investors in various sectors of our economy. So, let us not look at the 50 per cent and say that the CS has broken the law. Let us not look at protecting investors who in one way or the other might have in their business caused certain social issues. I am sure when the CS was suggesting that he was increasing taxation to reduce the clients who would go to this business. That was the spirit of the CS. So, at the end of the day, it is the House to decide, but we must be told---"
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