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    "speaker_name": "Lari, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kahangara Mburu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity. At the outset, I stand to support the amendments to the NTSA Bill. I think we all agree that the boda boda industry is very important because it has created employment. One of the problems we have in this country is the issue of unemployment. It has created a lot of employment for youths that are coming out of school and want to work in that industry. It has also provided transport from very interior areas that are without transport like matatus and others. That industry has been able to bridge that gap. I think from what Members have contributed here, we all agree that, in as much as the industry is important, there is a problem. Members have said that if you go to hospitals, you will find that most of the injured people are from the boda boda industry. The Committee and Members who have spoken have said there are enough regulations to govern that industry and, maybe, the issue of enforcement is a problem. I want to ask the Committee: Is it enough to say we have regulations? While on one side we agree there is a problem, we need to be practical and come up solutions to the problems that we have in the industry. As the Member for Ruiru has proposed and Mhe. Atandi has said, they wanted the boda boda industry to be regulated in the regions. We have seen situations where thieves use boda boda from one area to the other and disappear. For example, if a boda boda is registered in Kiambu, it will not be stolen and taken to other areas. Boda boda will not be used by thieves and that kind of thing. We see whenever Members come up with Private Member’s Bills, they are either taken over by Government or committees and end up being killed. In this case, I urge Members, because we all agree there is a problem within the boda boda industry, to sit, go to Third Reading and do the necessary amendments. If the issue of enforcement is the problem, then the Committee should summon the people who are supposed to enforce. We are saying maybe the police officers are ignorant of the law. So, they should be educated on what they are supposed to be doing on our roads. I stand to support the amendments by Mhe. King’ara and urge Members that we go to the Third Stage and reject the Report of the Committee that wants to kill the Private Member’s Amendment Bill. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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