May 20, 2025
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Defending the vulnerable is Dr Mwikali’s unyielding stand against betting giants

By Billy Gichohi In the high-stakes arena of Kenya’s multi-billion-shilling betting industry, where profit margins often eclipse principles, Dr Jane Mwikali, the Chairperson of the Betting Licensing and Control Board (BLCB), has emerged as an unflinching sentinel of social justice. Her tenure, marked by a fierce battle against multinational betting conglomerates and their well-oiled lobbyist

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Under Dr Mwikali, BCLB is shedding off the epidemic tag on gaming

By Sundeep Sharma Albert Schweitzer, the well regarded German-French humanitarian polymath who distinguished himself as an accomplished musician, theologian and physician once famously said that, “a man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully

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Dr Mwikali’s social safeguards are way more useful than mere CSR

By Jackie Adhyambo In an era where corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives often serve as glossy veneers for industries grappling with ethical scrutiny, Dr Jane Mwikali, the Chairperson of the Betting Licensing and Betting Control Board (BCLB), has emerged as a pioneering force redefining the nexus between profit and public good. With wise leadership and

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How Dr Mwikali’s ethical leadership is transforming Kenya’s gaming sector

By Clement Wasike Nowadays, tension between rapid technological advancement and ethical governance often tilts toward chaos. If there is a sector prone to extreme infiltration by the rogue end of technology is betting. However, Dr Jane Mwikali, Chairperson of Kenya’s Betting Control and Licensing Board (BCLB), has crafted a rare blueprint worthy of a case

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Kenya rising as Africa’s beacon of gaming governance under Dr Mwikali’s Stewardship

By Cindy Kirui In a continent deemed to suffer regulatory laxity in general, Kenya is emerging as Africa’s gold standard for gaming governance under the transformative leadership of Dr Jane Mwikali Makau, the current Chairperson of the Betting Control and Licensing Board (BCLB). Her pioneering reforms that blend innovation with ethical austerity have repositioned Kenya’s

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Likening football jackpot to raw gambling, akin to comparing light with darkness

By Clement Wasike In Kenya’s current heated debate over gambling, a troubling narrative has taken root – the equation of football jackpot with “raw gambling.” This oversimplification ignores critical distinctions between products like football jackpot and the high-frequency world of raw gambling. To conflate the two is intellectually lazy. At its core, football jackpot is

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Debate on betting in Kenya needs facts, not myth-mongering

By Cindy Kirui Much of the cacophony of voices condemning Kenya’s betting industry is rooted in anecdote, moral posturing, and outright misinformation. While concerns over gambling addiction and financial recklessness may have shades of validity, the discourse has devolved into a festival of hyperbole, where myths masquerade as truths and correlation is confused with causation.

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Kenya’s so-called betting ‘crisis’ is a financial illiteracy epidemic

By Sundeep Sharma In the hands of an amateur, a machine gun is a catastrophe waiting to happen just as betting to the financially illiterate or undisciplined. In the hands of a population unschooled in money management, even legitimate financial tools can become instruments of self-destruction. Kenya’s moral panic over a “betting epidemic” misses the

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The Betting Control and Licensing Board should educate Kenyans on how to bet responsibly

By Jacinta Kamene Over the past decade, Kenya’s betting industry has exploded into a multi-billion-shilling sector, fuelled by widespread mobile technology adoption and aggressive marketing. However, this boom has been shadowed by periodic public outcries for outright bans. The Betting Control and Licensing Board (BCLB), tasked with regulating the industry, has often found itself fire-fighting

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