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    "id": 1003766,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1003766/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13131,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
        "slug": "johnson-arthur-sakaja"
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    "content": "met with the digital taxis drivers, together with the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA). The young people who operate as digital taxi drivers said that since they are unable to get their certificates of good conduct, they are being offloaded from their only source of livelihood, which is the digital taxi companies. Due to lack of certificates of good conduct, more than 5,000 digital taxi driver’s jobs were at risk and some had already lost their jobs. I am glad to report that, yesterday, the IG of Police announced that he has instructed the DCI to reopen the issuance of certificates of good conduct. Madam Deputy Speaker, a while back, I brought a Motion on this issue before the House. Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura also brought another Motion in relation to this matter. Further, the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare also brought a Motion against charging young people for everything that they apply. Subsequent to our first interaction, I am glad to note that the Governor of Central Bank said that for the initial check on the Credit Reference Bureau (CRB), Kenyans will not be charged, and he has complied. From our meeting with the Director of Criminal Investigation, he said that if Parliament increases allocation to the DCI, they will not charge people for certificates of good conduct. This is the time for this House to push for the implementation of that promise. This is because when they came to our Committee, they said if the appropriation that comes from us is enough just to take care of the little cost of printing et cetera, then no one should be charged to get a certificate of good conduct. Today, a young person looking for a job has to pay the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), to be told that they have no loan, pay the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), to be told they are not a criminal; pay the Credit Reference Bureau (CRB), to be told that they have no loan default. By the time they have all the documents, they will have paid more than Kshs7,000. It defeats the purpose and logic. Those are things we will keep pressing on. I urge these young people to go and get their certificates. We had an issue in Kitui when we went there for the Senate"
}