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President Uhuru Kenyatta shakes hands with Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga during the launch of Building Bridges Initiative report at Bomas of Kenya in Nairobi on November 27, 2019. Photo/Stafford Ondego
The Building Report Initiative (BBI) released on Wednesday has recommended abolishment of betting in the country.
The report released in presence of President Uhuru Kenyatta at Bomas of Kenya proposes that Kenya’s sports betting operators “be replaced with a government-run national lottery whose proceeds, as is the case in other countries, are used for activities that uplift the youth, sports, culture and other social activities beneficial to citizens.”
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