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    "id": 933153,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/933153/?format=api",
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    "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": "money collected from Kenyan players ended in offshore companies. Kenya lost a lot of money because of this. We proposed that if a foreigner wants to establish a gaming firm, he must have a Kenyan shareholder at the level of 30 per cent. We also proposed to have a mechanism known as real time monitoring system. This is where the Board will put up servers which will track all the betting monetary transactions from players so that Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) can access the amounts Kenyans have played for the purposes of knowing how many taxes to levy. As a Committee, we decided this because currently, there are many court cases between operators and the Government because they have the leeway to declare the amount of money they transact. We thought during this era of technology the Government should come up with a system where it can track and monitor all the transactions in real time. This is so that we can get the correct taxes and avoid arguments and unnecessary court cases on matters taxation. We also thought that the masses in Kenya are too much exposed to gambling through the mobile phone because of sports betting. Section 68 of the Act is trying to ban the use of telecommunication platform as a means of betting. The Committee proposed amendments because when you talk about telecommunication platform, it is ambiguous and we may be unable to deal with it. We will bring an amendment banning the use of mobile devices as a means of betting so as to limit access of Kenyans to betting. As I conclude, the Gaming Bill 2019 will effectively regulate the gaming industry in Kenya better than the existing Betting, Rotaries and Gaming Act Cap 131 of 1966. I urge all the Members of the House to support this Bill. The past attempts by this House to effectively regulate the gaming industry have been through various piecemeal amendments to the existing Act. This structure has withstood all manner of repair of cracks on its walls, but there is a limit on how much you can repair and hold a dilapidated and defaced sinking house. This Bill does not repair, but it pulls down the entire edifice and builds a new ultramodern house that can let in fresh air of the new changes happening in the gaming industry."
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