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    "id": 809660,
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    "speaker_name": "Igembe North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Richard Maore",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also wanted to comment on the two petitions. First, the Member for Embakasi West had the request to go soft or somehow allow the machines that have destroyed families. I remember several kids have committed suicide. They are given money by their parents to go and pay school fees but they go either to SportPesa or those machines. I wish the Committee would be courageous and seek the indulgence of the Communications Authority (CA) and telephone companies to stop it, because that one has no age limit and there is no way of controlling it. It is just about big money. They can corrupt everybody. They can mess up everybody who wants to regulate them. You can see what happened when they were taxed; how they made a big cry when they were told a 35 per cent tax would be enforced. They blackmailed everybody until the Government has slowed down. If the Government can get the support of the House not to soften or go the Embakasi way, I would request the Committee to use it and stop the Embakasi West Member of Parliament. I wish to urge the Government to be strong. They need the support of this House. Lastly, on the Meru National Park, I think there is another petition pending before the Committee. They can amalgamate the two petitions and bring a comprehensive report, given that it is actually a countrywide problem. So, Hon. Speaker, we can have your guidance whether they can merge the two petitions rather than doing this one and then we wait for 60 days to have another report. Maybe, there will be another one. Since it is a countrywide problem, there is a way you can guide us on what should happen."
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