Does the kenyarra family have to be brought into every issue? I thought the betting companies have been in court challenging the tax with some even exiting the country due to illogical taxation and also wananchi were also complaining that tax on their bets was hurting them. Siku hizi even when it rains, its said to be a kenyarra family conspiracy so that they can benefit by watering their farms. This nonsense by idlers has become too much.

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Does the kenyarra family have to be brought into every issue? I thought the betting companies have been in court challenging the tax with some even exiting the country due to illogical taxation and also wananchi were also complaining that tax on their bets was hurting them. Siku hizi even when it rains, its said to be a kenyarra family conspiracy so that they can benefit by watering their farms. This nonsense by idlers has become too much.

Matingi amekanusha hii maneno.

In as much as they we re-ploughing back the betting gains, gambling cannot be used as a means to uplift our communities since they also do take a lot from the people. Those billions were not from the winnings of gamblers but more the losses that many had incurred. Plus don't forget gambling can become an addiction that destroys lives and livelihoods and we don't have the capacity to deal with as a nation.

Lets think of other ways to support all those who relied on there sponsorship, sports is big business so we need to monetise it.

There is still one puzzle in the story of SportPesa’s meteoric rise to the top, and its spectacular crash: its numbers just do not seem to add up. For instance, the firm declared revenue (bets placed) of Sh149.7 billion in 2018. This was a 35 per cent growth from Sh111.5 billion in 2017.

On the face of it, these numbers look okay. But the 2019 population census estimated Kenya’s population at 48 million, with a median age of 19. Gambling is illegal for anyone under the age of 18, so that leaves Kenya’s adult population, at approximately 25 million, as SportPesa’s legal clients. To make this money, every Kenyan of legal gambling age in 2018 would have to have wagered Sh6,000 with just one company.

This is a puzzle that even economists are struggling to crack, especially given the fact that an Ipsos survey from 2018 claimed that around half of all Kenya's households (not individuals) made less than Sh10,000 in a month.

“These numbers are too big. Kenyans were betting, but Sh150 billion for just one company? We must all be missing something. What must be confirmed is whether for sure SportPesa really paid out in excess of Sh120 billion because that is really a lot of money,” Tony Watima, an economist, said.

“That is about half of what the Teachers Service Commission uses to pay teachers. Or is the same as what tea farmers receive as bonuses. There is no way such money can move into the economy and people on the ground do not feel it,” Watima added.