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"speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM-K",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute on this very important Bill. In the 11th Parliament, there were a lot of amendments in the matters relating to lottery, gaming and betting. That particular 1966 Act needed a lot of amendments and it became very patched up with one amendment after another. Some of them were very bulky. One of the greatest issues was taxation and what happens when these monies are collected. I am happy that the Committee led by Hon. Munyaka has come up with a Bill which is very useful to the country. Gaming, betting and that entire regime is controlled in very many other countries but lately because of sports, it has been open to a lot of abuse. In 1966 there was no online gaming, which is now a reality. A lot of people have gone for it. There were no measures of making sure that underage children are not participating in gaming and in the event they do, what happens. There have been a lot of suicides in this field when someone’s expectations are not met. It has not been communicated clearly that this is merely a game which you win or lose. It involves money and a lot of times money is lost. In many parts of the world where gaming is not well controlled, it has a lot of crime in it. At times somebody wins a game or a lottery and the person who was conducting that particular event does not pay this particular person and it becomes a fight and eventually a life is lost. There have been quite a number of murders in that line where somebody has won monies after putting in their money and the bet is not being honoured. That has been a challenge. So, it is good now we have a regime which is well controlled and laws which are tight enough. In fact, we look forward to tighten the loose ends in these laws during the Committee Stage where we will be open to make amendments. I believe this time round this will be signed into law and probably there will be reservations from the President to make it even much better. This is because everybody in this country has been concerned, including the President, on the control of betting and the betting companies have wanted to support sports. In this particular law, it is clear now we shall have a national lottery. It has been missing and the time it was to be implemented, it hit a lot of complications. We also have a new board meaning that the current setups will relapse once this Bill becomes law and then we will have a new setup on how we will best conduct betting. There have been controls from the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, provincial administration and the county governments and at times betting equipment is confiscated or destroyed. That will come to an end. Court cases have even been filed around this area. Some of them have not even been 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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