Flamingo MCA Moses Gichangi has warned youths in Nakuru County against being addicted to sports betting. Gichangi said betting has ruined many people financially.
Gichangi regretted that most young people have become slaves of betting companies and most of them are losing thousands of shillings in betting.
Speaking on Thursday at Nakuru town, Gichangi called on youth to exercise caution when betting and not to take betting as a job.
"There are people who have turned betting into jobs and they are losing a lot of money because they have become addicted to it,"he said. "Instead of people wasting money in betting, they should instead invest the money in something that will help them," he added.
The MCA said that some families have broken because men have lost a fortune through betting.