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    "speaker_name": "Murang’a County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Betty Maina",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Motion by Hon. Mary. The bodaboda sector is in all our constituencies, counties and the county. I appreciate the good job they did for us. I appreciate the young men who have decided to take up the responsibility of employing themselves other than engaging or indulging in criminal activities. However, this sector faces very many challenges. Beyond being criminalised or having many other criminal activities happening within the sector, it needs a national umbrella to regulate it. We witness criminal activities happening many times. For instance, there are incidents where drivers hit motorcyclists, and the drivers are subjected to mob justice by the whole sector, yet there is no disciple instilled in the motorcyclists. That notwithstanding, there are very many good young men within the sector. They have decided to employ themselves, create opportunities, help us in movement, and making our work easier and efficient. They are also very reliable. I request that we protect these young men. It is about time we begun protecting lives in this nation. We have begun a trend of discussing people losing lives as if we can regain or recover life at some point. The Inspector- General of Police needs to protect these young men. It is a constitutional provision that lives must be protected. It is very bad when we talk about bodaboda people being killed because, maybe, a certain shylock had lent them money. Then the creditors harm or kill them when they are just about to finish paying their debts. Maybe it is their creditors harming them. Are these creditors licensed and authorised? Are the people we call shylocks authorised to lend the people money? If we have a law that governs this nation and some of these activities are criminal, are we taking the right actions to protect our people? Most shylocks have made people broke. Most shylocks have been undertaking these illegal businesses and nobody is taking action against them. I rise to support the Motion and say that the law should be applied against the shylocks because they are not authorised to lend money."
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