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    "id": 740262,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Okoth",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 12482,
        "legal_name": "Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth",
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    "content": "On this betting issue, it will be prudent for Members - because we saw when Hon. Jakoyo’s Bill came up how it was received - to declare if they have any interest or any influence or whether they are voting and deciding based purely on their conscience. Members know these regulations and tax levels were set less than six months ago. They proceeded to publish an extortionist and scary 50 per cent and then they are turning round and saying that they now want to withdraw them. It smells very fishy to me and there is no good explanation why a whole Committee proceeded to publish 50 per cent threat of imposing a tax to an industry and once the amendments became the property of the House, they changed their minds and are now telling us that they are wiser. It is suspicious. I just hope in future, such sensitive things that involve a lot of sums of money in an industry such as betting that affect the lives of many people, if we manage them properly, should be for the benefit of the country and improve the sports sector. But people should declare their interests."
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