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"content": "We had KENATCO, which was a Government agency. We can have a similar model for bodabodas in every market and village. However, this time round, since our learners would have been trained during their school time through the CBC programme, they can hire a"
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"content": ", use it for whatever they want, and return it to the owner. If you look at the number of man-hours or executive time we lose as people wait for transport at bus stops, or are held up at stages and in traffic jams, it is clear that an efficient means of transport would cut down on movement costs. This would allow people to spend more time in productivity rather than on the road in the traffic jams. Such an approach would help turn around this economy and increase our Gross Domestic Product (GDP). As we talk about regulating the bodaboda industry, I am not sure that the accidents attributed to bodabodas are exclusively because of the carelessness of the riders. A majority of them may be because our roads are bad. Unmotorable roads are dangerous for all motor vessels, including bodabodas . I am frequently called to raise funds for people who have been crippled while riding on bodabodas . Many of them go to Tenwek Hospital. For that reason, if I were near Hon. (Dr) Nyikal, I would have urged him to create a trauma and accident department at Nyamira County and Referral Hospital to handle accidents arising from bodabodas ."
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"content": "riders get involved in horrible accidents, majority of them caused by motorists who are very unsympathetic and unfriendly to riders. Majority of the bodaboda accidents are also attributable to our bad roads. The roads are not maintained. KeRRA has not started maintaining roads because money is clogged up somewhere. This results in bodaboda accidents which, sometimes, maim passengers and riders. As I support the withdrawal of this Bill, I urge the 13th Parliament, particularly the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure, to re-examine traffic laws and see how universal they are, particularly how they apply to the bodaboda sector. There are too many unlicensed riders and learners carrying passengers whereas they are not supposed to. There are bodaboda entrepreneurs who use cheap labour of unqualified riders. We run into several accidents because amateur riders are not qualified or licensed. There is no way a passenger would tell whether a rider is qualified and licensed or an amateur. Above all, I thank Hon. Khalwale for withdrawing the Bill, though I do not know the reasons. The grapevine says that he is scared of the ‘ground’ because bodaboda operators are a ‘government’ on their own and a voting bloc. It is important to understand how bodabodas operate in this country. We should know how much employment the sector has generated. Our children, wives, parents and grandparents find bodaboda to be the most convenient mode of transport. It is incumbent upon this House to reflect and bring a regulatory regime, through consultation with the sector, to streamline safety. With those remarks, Hon. Temporary Speaker, I support."
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"content": " Hon. Beatrice Adagala, Member for Vihiga County."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Bodaboda transport has made it easy for people to move from point A to point B since they are accessible all over. There are areas that vehicles cannot get to, but bodaboda riders can. They are our unsung heroes. In my county, there are rocky places where vehicles cannot reach, but the bodaboda operators transport people to such places. They also deliver vital goods and contribute a lot to our economy. We have jobless youths in this country. The bodaboda sector has enabled our people to put food on the table. We do not have white-collar jobs in the country. That is one of the sectors that is bringing much money to the economy and homes. There may be a few challenges here and there. Accidents will be dealt with if the"
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"content": "are well regulated and most of them told to take insurance covers. There should be a good and affordable package for bodaboda riders to have insurance cover in case of any 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": "accidents or incidents. We also have other problems including thugs who pretend to be passengers but end up disturbing bodaboda riders. To curb such kind of insecurity would be a good thing for the riders."
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