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    "speaker_name": "Kabondo Kasipul, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Eve Obara",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. At the outset, I support the Amendment Bill. As has been said by most of my colleagues this morning, the bodaboda sector plays a critical role in the economy. It is a source of employment for many of our youths across the country. In my view, the bodaboda industry is the first line of security in our constituencies. For the simple reason that those bodaboda people are the ones who know who is new in the constituency, town or market. They also carry people to their various destinations and know exactly where they are going. So, if you want to track - we have used them many times to track criminals or something else - the first people who probably know something are the bodaboda people. Therefore, I do not want to castigate them. But they should be properly organised so that they can benefit from training and licensing, which we have done in my constituency. For those who have come forward, we have paid for their training and licenses. Therefore, they should be licensed but again, this is in the Act already because it already provides for registration and licensing. What we need most importantly is to enforce some of those regulations… I do not want to take too much time. Once again, I also support the idea of regional licensing so we can know where they come from. I hope that there will be… Mhe . King’ara, I have not seen what happens across borders of the different regions. Have you catered for this in the Act? I have not seen this in the amendments to avoid frustrations, particularly by the police, when something like this is in force and is not clear what is supposed to happen. Once again, thank you very much. I support."
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