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    "id": 1162451,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise in support of the Statement by the Senator for Nairobi City County, Sen. Sakaja. Before I even make my comments on the Statement, I want to take this opportunity to congratulate and wish all the women of this country a happy International Women’s Day. It is a day that women take time out to celebrate their achievements and even plan the way forward. I want to thank and congratulate the women in Kitui County because I know today they have so many events lined up for these celebrations. My wife is actually attending some of those events in Kitui East, Endau Malalani, Nzombe Muitika and Mutito Kaliku. It is a good day for women to celebrate. It has really been made worse by the incident that happened in Nairobi over the weekend; an incident that has brought about this Statement. I am a firm believer of the “He for She” movement where real men respect women. It is a movement that believes that only cowards would physically assault women. The most important issue that Sen. Sakaja is looking for in this Statement is that the Inspector General (IG) of police takes action against the boda boda riders who assaulted this lady. I want to add my voice and say that he should not just act; he has to be seen to have acted. It is one thing to arrest 16 young people. It is a completely different thing to follow through and make sure that justice is served. This matter is also a little complicated because it is possible that somebody may want to use this incident to overreach themselves and come up with a blanket condemnation on boda boda riders. Whereas the truth of the matter is that in this country, as things stand now, perhaps the boda boda sector is one of the very few sectors that present growth and hope for our young people. The thing to do on account of what happened on Friday and going forward, is to ensure that this industry is properly regulated; that a way is found to instill order in this industry. We are losing a lot of lives of young people who join this sector simply because it is a free for all sector. A young man who gets some money and is able to purchase a motorbike, will just walk into a shop, purchase a motorbike and start riding. There is an incident that happened in my county last week. A young man worked very hard and got some money. He went to Mwingi and purchased a motorbike. He came and picked his nephew. They went to a town called Ukasi. On their way back home, they were involved in a head-on collision with a truck and we lost that boy, on the day that he bought the motorbike."
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