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• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I thank you for your ruling. You can see my good friend, Hon. Gichigi, was only here waiting for your ruling to be negative. How I wish he could hear me. That is also his right. view
• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Betting, Lotteries and Gaming (Amendment) Bill 2016 be now read a Second Time. First of all, I want to communicate with the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, chaired by my friend, Hon. David Were. We cannot achieve much for our country if we work at cross-purposes. I also want to tell you that my intentions here are noble and I am only acting because of public petitions and my own experience with this issue of gambling. I also want to reveal that I am surprised that the Ministry of Interior ... view
• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am going to be factual and talk about this issue of gambling. It will be nice for this House to know that the issue of online betting, which is why there is so much interest in this Bill, is not regulated. There is not a single law in our country that regulates online betting. This is a scenario where a few people have colluded with foreigners and they are making more money than the Government of Kenya. I want to talk particularly now after things I have heard in the corridors of Parliament. I want to plead ... view
• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, about three months ago, three girls from Nakuru County were enticed to gamble their school fees on their way to school. Since one of them had a phone, they gambled all their school fees and when they got to school they were told to go back home. The three girls got married to a flower seller because they feared to go home. These are underage kids. This country cannot always be that we look after the selfish individuals and their interest. When we debate, I am not an angel. I may have put things here which you may ... view
• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Revenue Authority (KRA). These companies are many now and to get a licence is pricey. The platform which they use to bet is a foreign platform. Someone is saying ataangusha . Whatever this House is doing will come to haunt your children and your great grandchildren. It cannot always happen like that. I have invited people. That is the purpose of a committee. I have told all of them that if there is anything that is offending them, let us put in law. In 1999, as superpower, the State of Russia abolished gambling and betting. They said, it cannot happen ... view
• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Well, I want to thank him. Fourteen years later - when somebody does something right, you say thank you. I must thank the President for signing the Bill on interest rates. Now we want to deal with them in the next level. Those same banks came here and lobbied. This is what is happening now with the betting companies. Nobody knows who is licensing them. They are here. There is somebody called the Chairman of the Betting Board. Which law is he using to license online betting companies? The other day he wrote in the DailyBusiness castigating Parliament. He said ... view
• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: I took time to look at these scenarios, the Chinese scenario with these slot machines and the sports betting, the online thing. My friend, Hon. Gikaria, talks about sport companies which are benefiting. He is not talking about the Kenyans who are dying and gambling their lives away. Would you compare a football team and Kenyans losing their livelihoods even at this time of hunger? Would you? Really? What is a football team? I am a staunch supporter of Gor Mahia. It has always been there, even before I was born - without SportPesa and mCHEZA. Why are they giving ... view
• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: I am not interested in your information. Not now! I am on a roll here. view
• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Before I even go to the substance of the Bill, I want Members to hear me. view
• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: You cannot know Gor Mahia better than me. Hon. Speaker, the effects of what is happening in a lawless manner are there. The biggest one is money laundering and tax evasion. I was with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of view