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"content": "sub-sector, a small incident is an opportunity for stealing and maiming the victim. So, I support the position of the Committee, led by Hon. T.J. Kajwang’, that they will take up the Bill so that we do not lose it. They will re-work it well so that we regulate our 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": "sub-sector and make it as productive as we have seen in other countries like Rwanda. We must have bodaboda riders who will follow traffic rules. Sometimes, when you drive on our roads you meet an oncoming bodaboda which is completely on the wrong side of the road. In fact, they will want you to get out of the way and give way to them. We cannot allow that lawlessness to continue. This is a country that is governed by laws. If the Committee is going to take up this matter… We also have the law enforcers, our traffic officers, to enforce the rules very strictly. It is not that we lack laws in this country. We have so many traffic laws. We have become a lawless country where people do not care to follow the law. Sometimes, it is the bodabodas and matatu operators who are found to have violated the law. The politicians and leaders are the first ones to rush to the police stations questioning why the police have arrested our constituents. This makes them emboldened and they do not listen to anybody, including policemen on the road because they know they have godfathers somewhere to bail them out when they are arrested. As I conclude, just like Hon. Kajwang has said, it is not only on 9th floor at Kenyatta National Hospital that you will purely find bodaboda accident victims; but the same applies to the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Eldoret where there are two wards that are purely for bodaboda accident victims. If you go to any hospital in Nakuru and central Kenya, many of the accident victims are from bodaboda accidents. I want to conclude by saying that the Committee has the support of the House. We are going to support you. Polish the Bill and bring it back. We are going to pass it to regulate the"
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"content": "sub-sector to become an income-generating sub-sector like any other in the country."
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"content": " Hon. Peter Irungu Kihungi is recognised."
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"speaker_name": "Kangema, UDA",
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to support the withdrawal of the Bill. I also question how the Bill went through all processes from the Senate and reached Parliament without the Mover or the Senate noticing the anomalies that they could rectify. However, I support what most Members have said. We need to regulate the operations of the bodaboda sector. I think we are now at around 24 years because they mostly came during the Kibaki regime. I want to say that I once worked as a conductor between Kayole and Nairobi around the year 2000. It was extremely chaotic before the Michuki rules. We never thought the rules Michuki introduced would work. All we need is a bold person who is not so much concerned about his or her popularity. We must regulate the bodaboda sub-sector. The number of people who are employed in that sub-sector is rising rapidly. As the Committee is saying, this should become a structured institution. We need to develop a directorate that focuses on the daily operations of the bodaboda sub-sector."
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"content": "There was a burial of a bodaboda rider in my village of Watoha the other day. He had an accident. I think three of them were involved in the accident. Two died, and one is in hospital. A group of bodaboda riders came and behaved in a cultic manner during the burial. They interfered with the burial service. They took the coffin while the pastor was preaching and went straight to the burial site. They buried him without prayers and disregarded the family. It was very embarrassing and chaotic. That is why we are saying that sub-sector will only get worse if we allow it to continue unregulated. They have become a cult that calls themselves bikers. You cannot tell how they are organised. Some of them are criminals."
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"content": "The essence of regulating that sub-sector is not to frustrate genuine bodaboda operators. In my village, the genuine ones were left wondering what was happening. They felt so embarrassed that we had to hold a prayer service with them in church to repent on behalf of all 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": "the other bodaboda riders. The disorderly ones seem to be organised from outside. They are chaotic and disorganised."
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