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    "id": 933151,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/933151/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 371,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Machakos Town, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Victor Munyaka",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 86,
        "legal_name": "Victor Kioko Munyaka",
        "slug": "victor-munyaka"
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    "content": "In Clause 110, we have made it a must that all slotting machines be located inside licensed casinos, where Government officers can monitor them. This is so that, children do not access the gaming premises. We have also talked about illegal gaming machines being certified from their source of origin. The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) and other authorities should be involved. This will ensure Kenyans are not conned through delivery of fake Chinese machines which find their way into the country and are assembled somewhere around Kericho. The public was wondering how customs allowed such equipment into Kenya without taxation for them to be assembled somewhere in Kenya and distributed in almost all the villages. I want to laud CS Matiang’i for his effort of mopping up those illegal machines and burning them. Although, he experienced a lot of opposition from the illegal traders who got court orders to stop the Ministry from destroying their machines. The existing licenses in the old Act are very low. In fact, for an online gaming operator who makes billions they pay Kshs500,000 per year. We tried to enhance the licenses and securities because for you to operate the gaming industry, you need to deposit security with the authority so that in the event a winner wins a substantial amount of money we are assured they will get paid. The Second Schedule talks about enhanced licenses. For Casinos we have enhanced it to Kshs50million from Kshs500,000. For online sports betting we have enhanced to Kshs100 million. In Clause 34, we have proposed that anybody trying to enter the industry must put up a standard firm which conforms to the international best practices; so that we do not have kiosks mushrooming across the country calling themselves casinos. We stated capital which will encourage big investors to come up with casinos or online business. When doing public participation and research we discovered that in Kenya we had a lot of capital flight because the online gaming came into Kenya and there were no proper structures in place or legal framework. So these operators exploited Kenyans and the Government at large. It was like the Government was caught unawares and these guys made a killing. Most of the"
}