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    "id": 921562,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/921562/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Malalah",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13195,
        "legal_name": "Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order 47 (1), I rise to make a statement concerning the recent move by the Government to halt gaming business in Kenya. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we may all be aware, the Kenyan Government has for a very long time been embroiled in a push-and-pull with betting firms which has now culminated into the shutting down of telcos’ paybill numbers and short codes of 27 betting companies. This close down means that gamers would not be able to deposit and withdraw money in the gaming wallets of the affected gaming companies until this impasse is resolved. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the reasons being advanced for this shutdown range from issues of taxation, morality and money laundering claims that have rocked the financial sector. Suppose these claims were valid, the Government should have invoked the provisions of the Betting, Lotteries and Gaming Act about the forfeiture of licence and security on conviction and disqualification of licensee, but not engage in a blanket condemnation of the companies."
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