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    "id": 1235824,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1235824/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Kiarie",
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    "content": "already has two green papers in the 13th Parliament. This is the work a Member of Parliament is elected to do; to legislate. He is doing a great job. Any time we come up with a law, we are seeking to cure some mischief or fill in some gaps that exist within the law. When I went through what Hon. King’ara has, especially when he was formulating it, because we were having a conversation, I was extremely excited. I saw an opportunity for this country to start regulating the subsector of those two and three-wheeled motor vehicles on the road. The proposals he distilled down were giving me an opportunity, at the Third Stage of this Bill, to introduce more amendments. This is where we start regulating and sanitising the space of boda boda and tuk tuk in this country. I looked at the Report of the Committee and combed through it with a toothcomb. I saw a point of argument, but did not see the reason why we should throw away these amendments. The reason is if the law already exists and regulations are already in place, the chaos and mayhem we see in this sector, the maiming on the roads, the disorder and corruption, would not exist. It is a point of argument because there are those who feel that the chaos are as a result of laws that are not being enforced. Enforcement happens every day – from the policemen on the roads to the regulations that have been put in place by the NTSA, and every other attempt to clean up that sector. That tells you that the problem is not at subsidiary level. It is at a substantive low level and that is what Hon. King’ara is seeking to do. He has seen a gap in the law and he is trying to fill it. That is why I support this Bill. If we do what he is asking us to do under Section 4(2), we shall well be on our way in the direction that Rwanda is moving to. If you go to Rwanda, you will see order. You will see boda boda that never carry two pillion passengers at the same time. You will see boda boda that stop at traffic lights together with other motorised vehicles. That does not happen in our country today, not because we are not enforcing the laws, but because we do not have substantive laws that can sanitise that sector. In my mind, boda boda and tuk tuk should be the last means of transport, from a bus- stop to a gate. If we enact the laws that Hon. King’ara is proposing, we will be able to put the boda boda in its place. You will not see a boda boda speeding across a super-highway where"
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