President Uhuru Kenyatta should embrace what his Uganda counterpart Yoweri Museveni has done to ban betting in Kenya.
Soon, the Uganda betting sites and companies will find a market in Kenya to further erode the value systems.
The vise has increased laxity, idleness among the youth and students who are expected by the society to carry out research, innovate and devise the future plans for our country, continent and the globe.
Even children in class five now think of betting leading to petty crimes as stealing.
As much as legislators may not want to outlaw betting and lotteries, President Uhuru should use his executive powers to ban gambling in the country.
When president Kenyatta office in 2013, he maintained that he will encourage a culture of hard work in the young people for the country's prosperity.
The country will only achieve its full goals once this menace is eradicated forever just as the war on corruption is.
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