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    "id": 964427,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Makali Mulu",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1955,
        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon, Speaker. At times we have to understand Hon. Babu. It takes time to master the Standing Orders. So, we have to understand him. As you have said, I want to encourage him to spend time in this House so that he starts learning how things are done here. What I was saying is that the issue of licensing the premises where these gaming activities will be taking place is very important in this country. It will control or regulate the whole exercise of gaming. The county governments have a key role to play in gaming activities. What happens is that most of these activities take place in counties. In the past, the county governments have not had a big role in controlling or participating in these activities. Now that we are bringing the county governments into play in this important activity, we will have some control of what happens even in the rural setting. The county governments will be licensing premises where these gaming activities will take place. That is important because they can go to the extent of controlling who goes into those premises. I like the arrangement of casinos in that if you are not a member, you pay a fee to go inside. It is not that everybody goes in. In that case, casinos in this country have, to some extent, controlled the gaming activities to be played only by the right target group. This element of involving the county governments in this Bill is because when gaming activities are done, the counties will come out clear to say what should be done in their counties. That will be important for this country. On the issue of on-line gaming licensing, we know many people in this country are engaged in online gaming and that is not a secret. Most university students who have just completed college and some people who are working are engaging in online gaming. What will happen when this Bill is enacted that there will be licensing of online gaming activities, so that through that, the country can collect some money as a result of the licensing and at the same time, it will monitor what will be happening online. Online gaming has become a problem in many offices. You will find so many employees who spend time engaging in online gaming instead of doing productive activities relating to their work. Even though there is a general feeling that, when you engage in gaming you will win at the end of the day, but the gaming theory and other statistics have shown that, in gaming activities, the people who benefit most are the owners of the gaming machines and not the people who engage in gaming. The idea of monitoring and licensing of online gaming is also critical. When it comes to gaming advertisements, there will be controls. It will not be that every time gaming activities are advertised they are free for all. They will be controlled and regulated. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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