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    "content": "The other uncomfortable area is the health sector. Many of our national and local hospitals have set aside special units to manage bodaboda-related accidents . It is a big concern. Today, on my way to this Honourable House, I saw an accident at Kasarani and a body was just lying there. This is happening everywhere in this country and even the entire region. Kenya is an orderly country and it is our time to come up with regulations, modalities and systems. We can even come up with vocational training for the riders. The Government has to take a stand on this issue, because if it does not, then who will? We should not just talk and leave this matter open. I have tried to look at what other countries are doing and a good case study is Rwanda. Although the population of Rwanda is not like ours, they have come up with regulations that are able to create some order and sanity in the bodaboda and tuktuk sectors. Remember, I am concentrating on taxis whereby, people are ferried on them and in turn lives are lost. In the old days, they were meant for cargo but now, it is a mode of transport and communication by the private sector including the Government itself. Our chiefs have been bought motorcycles by the Government. Kenya Power, which is a Government sector is also using motorbikes and the likes. This is something which is here to stay. I have noted that in some localities like the county governments’ level, they have come up with Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOs) where the motorbike sector in that region belongs to be controlled especially, because of insecurity. The same motorbikes are also used to ferry illicit brews and hard drugs. This is because they can criss-cross everywhere in this country. There are some modalities or measures which can be taken and can lead to sanity or control. Long ago, there were times when the Government could use different number plates to identify or control movement of vehicles and even understand who was where and what that person was doing there. I do not want to dwell on coming up with number plates alone but it can also lead to order especially through SACCOS. If you introduce number plates, this can help to identify the movement and behaviour of tuktuk and motorcycle riders, and this can lead to what I call a happy ending. We should not forget that the economy needs to grow and we need to work with everybody. It is good to note that on consumption of petrol or gas, a bodaboda spends on average Ksh300 per day. If you convert this to tax, the data shows that the Government is generating about Ksh60 billion revenue annually, from the bodaboda and tuktuk sectors. Instead of losing this revenue, it is a high time we restored order so that the sector can be managed professionally. How can this happen? It is for this Government and us to come up with new and better regulations – real time regulations which can control the happenings of the day and be cascaded down to the county level. This way, we can have total control and it becomes better or favourable income generating venture, especially for the young people. 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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