Kenya lets families block relatives from gambling under proposed rules

Kenyan families will be able to ask the country’s gambling regulator to bar relatives from betting under sweeping new rules that give households an unprecedented role in tackling gambling problems, as authorities seek to curb a surge in addiction fuelled by economic hardship. The proposals, published in regulations gazetted on June 30, would also allow betting companies to suspend customers they believe are gambling beyond their financial means, shifting responsibility for policing harmful betti