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    "id": 964475,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/964475/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Embakasi East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Babu Owino",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13325,
        "legal_name": "Owino Paul Ongili Babu",
        "slug": "owino-paul-ongili-babu"
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    "content": "The gaming industry is a big industry in Kenya and has provided employment and job opportunities to Kenyans. For example, SportPesa and Betin have over 3,000 shops in the whole nation. Every shop employs an average of five people and that is Kshs.15,000 that is lost in the two betting companies. Kenya youth and women have lost jobs because of malice from some sectors of the Government. Government is the major shareholder in this gaming industry. The Government gets the tax from the betting industries. SportPesa alone and Betin Kenya contributed around Kshs10 billion in one year. Remember this is a borrowing nation. Every other time we see our good President His Excellency Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta going to China to borrow money. In one year these two betting companies have given us Kshs10 billion. Then, why are we sending away these investors who are promoting the nation in terms of tax and employment. The Government has put stringent measures on the betting companies that taxation is done on the capital and profits. Yet, taxation should only be done on profits alone. It was well interpreted by the courts that the winnings shall only be the profit that is won and not the profit plus the capital. So, the Government decided the winnings should be the capital plus the profit. You cannot invest Kshs1,000 then get Kshs.200 on top and then the Government taxes Kshs1,200. The Government should be in a position to only tax Kshs200. 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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