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    "id": 1282296,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1282296/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kanduyi, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Makali",
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    "content": "bodaboda operators. This is a source of employment. They assist many people traverse areas where ordinary vehicles cannot reach. We must accept the fact that criminal gangs have invaded this sector. Government agencies should move in and do what they are constitutionally empowered to do; offer protection to these operators and every other citizen of this country. What can we do as a House? We have the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA). Latching on this Motion by Hon. Emaase, we need to develop a policy, legislative framework, and laws to govern this sector so that we do not have criminal gangs invading it. The innocent operators are losing their lives because of criminal gangs who have invaded the sector. We will be liaising with Hon. Emaase to conduct serious public participation so as to come up with a legislative framework to guide the operations of this sector. We not only want to regulate it through licencing, but also by involving them. We should create a legislative framework so that operators can feel part and parcel of this country by earning genuine living and their lives and properties are secure. We also need to consider insurance. Most bodaboda operators who have passed on have left their families destitute. They have left widows and orphans who are not going to school. We need to create a mandatory insurance framework so that if that eventuality happens, we will have a pool from which the families can be compensated resulting from the misfortunes they never asked for. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I support this Motion by Hon. Emaase. I urge the security agencies to pull their socks up and not just harass the operators, but involve them in security matters so as to protect lives and properties."
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