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    "speaker_name": "Emuhaya, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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    "content": "I thank Hon. Mary for moving this Motion of Adjournment. It deals with a matter that relates to every Kenyan in the whole country. It is a national matter. At one time, the main source of money in villages were teachers, whom I represent. Along the way, that place was taken over by bodaboda operators. Currently, they are the ones leading the economy in rural areas. The sector has its own challenges. In the Motion, Hon. Mary identifies certain specific challenges which I would wish to address. They include attacking bodaboda riders and borrowing money or getting loans from a certain group of lenders, which one Member has mentioned. Hon. Mary goes on to indicate that there is a particular motorcycle by the name ‘Bajaj Boxer’, which seems to be attractive. When you have it, you have a dangerous tool which can make you be a hunted rider. We must investigate the matters in this case. We must investigate particularly lenders who give out Bajaj motorcycles. We then have to investigate the security agencies in Busia, including the DCC, police and OCPD. They must be part and parcel of this syndicate operating in Busia. The syndicate must be cracked. To crack it, you must make serious interventions, including transfer of security officers in that area and investigation of the lenders, especially the one that was mentioned. We are not sure whether it is licensed to lend money to bodaboda riders. The rates of lending are very high, the terms are very strict, the payments are very harsh and the conditions of lending are also very insecure for bodaboda operators. The loan is tailored in such a manner that you must fail to pay. When you are seen to be almost completing paying, you are dealt with. That is the syndicate Hon. Mary is talking about. It has to be cut off. I hope security agencies are listening to this debate. We should go for the lenders. They are the ones planning with others to get these people killed, so that they can get back the motorcycles and re-sell them. It reminds me of the Merchants of Venice . This is the kind of scenario we are dealing with. So, let us investigate the brokers - actually shylocks - in this matter. We should then mitigate and bring some sanity in the bodaboda sector."
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