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"content": " Thank you, Leader of the Majority Party."
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"content": "Hon. (Dr) Wilberforce Oundo, Member for Funyula."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me also stand here to support the Motion that has been moved by our good colleague, in respect of discharging the Public Transport (Motorcycle Regulation) Bill, (Senate Bill No. 38 of 2023). Let me go on record that Busia Town, Busia County, was the starting point of"
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"content": ". It started with a bicycle. People used bicycles to carry goods and passengers. At that time, a bicycle had more value than a car. If you did not own a bicycle, even if you owned a Mercedes-Benz, people would not take you seriously. They believed you did not encompass the culture and aspirations of the people. The motorcycle has revolutionised transport in this country. It has made movement more accessible by allowing people to reach destinations they would not have accessed due to poor road infrastructure. In the face of traffic congestion, especially in Nairobi, motorcycles come in handy. They provide speed and the ability to reach places that would otherwise take much longer. The bodaboda sub-sector is one of the largest employers in the country. It employs the youth, older people, and many who may have had no other avenues of making a living. That is a fact. Bodaboda riders are our sons and daughters. They are members of society who, regardless of how we look at it, deserve mechanisms that protect their business, their jobs and their safety. I had the privilege of teaching at a university in Kigali, Rwanda, for almost a year. People talk about the cleanliness of Kigali and Rwanda as a whole. However, there is discipline in the bodaboda riders, who are referred to as \"motos\". I reiterate that this is a sub-sector which, if regulated and disciplined, can transform our economy tremendously. I have also had the privilege of travelling outside the country to Western Europe and the United States. I have never seen motorcycles being used as a means of public transport in those regions. Their transport systems are elaborate, developed and well- regulated. The need to regulate this industry cannot be gainsaid. It is a fact. Our good friend is a bullfighter, and I believed he feared nothing. I had assumed that by the time he thought about and drafted this law, he had applied his mind both politically and professionally. Coming from the medical field and as an academic, I expected he had considered all consequences. Sometimes, it is a terrible waste of public resources to come this far, only to withdraw the Bill at the tail-end, although it is permitted under Standing Orders. I have not had the privilege of reading his withdrawal letter or the reasons given. Regardless, it is a terrible waste of public resources. When I meet him, I will tell him as much ― that we felt it was a terrible waste of resources. He is the same person who once stood in this House and said: “For corruption to end, Kimunya must go!”. Failing to take this Bill to its logical end is also a form of corruption. It is a misuse of public resources. It is important that, as a community and a country, we open dialogue with bodaboda riders. In the interim, while opening up dialogue and seeking ways to bring order, as the Leader of the Majority Party said, we must remember that we already have a State Department for Transport and a Traffic Department under the National Police Service. In case of any failure and chaos in the bodaboda sector, the blame falls squarely on the two State organs. The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA), the State Department and the Traffic Police Department are there. The laws and rules are there. Why are they not enforcing them? Is it because bodaboda riders are too powerful and politically significant such that no one dares or wishes to touch them? The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, when you visit hospitals, you will find that between 90 per cent and 99 per cent of injuries in emergency sections are, invariably, the result of bodaboda accidents. Something is seriously wrong somewhere. As a society, we must address this matter. We had hoped this Bill would address it. It got to a point where, in my own constituency, criminals were being transported by bodaboda riders. We had a discussion with the riders and told them not to transport anybody they do not know after a certain time in the night. They can only attend to an emergency and it must be a genuine emergency of a neighbour that they know very well. The way the riders operate, they are also extremely exposed to danger from criminals. They experience theft and even death. Many riders have had their motorcycles snatched from them when they are escorting clients. Many have been killed for resisting attempts to steal their motorcycles. Some of them have been mistaken to be robbers. As the public lynch a robber, they also kill the rider. It is in the best interest of riders that the industry is regulated. You might want to run it on lawlessness because that gives you some kind of prominence but, eventually, that lawlessness will catch up with you. It will not be one way. We beseech them through their national association. During campaigns, riders are given very prominent roles to play. In the last presidential campaign, the Kenya Kwanza brigade paraded them all over as the hustlers and the downtrodden. The coalition told them, “ Tutakuwa tukikaa na nyinyi kwa mezatukipanga mipango ya Serikali. ” Now they have become a thorn in the flesh. For their own safety, they need to be regulated. As they cause accidents and passengers get injured, the riders equally get injured. Many of them end up maimed forever. Sen. Bonny Khalwale’s Bill might be lost because he requested so, but we urge the State Department for Transport, NTSA and the National Police Service to find ways and means of regulating that sub-sector so that its economic influence can be felt. Security and safety must be paramount. With those few remarks, Hon. Temporary Speaker, I support."
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"content": " Hon. Kangogo Bowen, followed by Hon. Peter Irungu Kihungi."
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"speaker_name": "Marakwet East, UDA",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to support the Motion to discharge the Bill. Many of my colleagues, including the Mover, Hon. TJ Kajwang’, the Leader of the Majority Party, who seconded, and Dr Oundo, have said all about this Bill. I just want to say a few things. Number one, in the pastoralist areas where I come from, there are no roads at all. A village may have only one matatu that leaves as early as 3.00 a.m. to town and return in the afternoon. Motorcycles play a very important role in transporting women who are going to markets. The motorcycles have also helped students going to school by transporting them from the village to nearby towns where they can catch a matatu . The coming of bodaboda motorcycles has really completely changed the mode of transport, especially in the rural Kenya. The sub-sector has employed many young Kenyans. It is a source of income to many Kenyans. However, there are a few bodaboda operators, especially in the urban areas, who are very unruly. One day, I was coming from Karen and when I was approaching the junction to Kawangware, around Kenya Science, a lady had been involved in an accident with a bodaboda rider. About 20 bodaboda riders were surrounding the her. As the lady was trying to talk to them, some of them were struggling to get into her car to take her laptops and other valuables. It took the intervention of my security team for the lady to get help. In a normal traffic accident situation, when two vehicles get involved in an accident, the two drivers will come out to discuss and a policeman can come in to intervene to establish who is on the wrong. In the"
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