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Dear Mr President, the Kenyan gaming industry will soon breathe its last

We in casinos cannot sustain the 35 per cent gaming tax because we have employed over 10,000 whom we pay hundreds of millions in salaries every month

Dear Mr President,

I am a Kenyan who has worked in the gaming industry specifically in casinos for over 25 years. I am deeply saddened by the drastic step taken by the National Assembly on its last sitting to raise the betting tax nearly three-fold to 35 per cent.

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