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    "id": 1368404,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "One morning the husband wakes up to find the KWFT and administration police appearing in his home. They will take away your TV on which you used to watch Sen. Cherarkey and others. They take away the carpets. They take away your very good cow which was giving good liters of milk. They take away almost everything, even sofa sets, your bed where you used to make babies. So, at the end of the day, it is very sad when it comes to that. Therefore, I want to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration, Hon. (Prof.) Kindiki, that he should not allow the administration police to be used for the repossession of movable assets by these loan sharks, the shylock sharks. They normally hire administrative police and come to take your cow, sofa set, bed, TV set, even your clothes and everything. I saw a situation where the lending institution even went away with the mabati roof. We should not allow police to be misused by these sharks simply because they have money. They just wake up one day and take your cow, just like Kenyan women who are busy repossessing and destroying marriages. By the time a wife goes and borrows a loan without the knowledge of the husband, in our villages, it kills that family. After they have repossessed, there is no option for the wife to run away because the husband is mad. We must renegotiate non-performing loans. It is not only unique to hustlers or ordinary Kenyans. It is also among Kenya as a Government because it has international obligations. On the issue of motorbikes, the other day I saw MOGO Credit. The police tried to possess the motorbike, I believe it was last year or early this year, and the boda boda guys dealt with the MOGO Credit people and the police. That is why I am saying the police should not be used. Under the Police Act, there is nowhere that says police officers need Administration Police (AP), National Police Service (NPS) or General Service Unit (GSU) to reposes any movable assets. We must start from there. I brought a Statement in this House about Watu Credit. When Watu Credit realise you have almost paid up to 80 per cent, they take away your motorbike. Some of these motorbikes are not even owned by the boda boda riders. As my colleagues have said, the motorbike and boda boda sector have stabilised the economy of many people. It has created opportunities for many young people. Although there are many challenges where we are blaming boda bodas. Some people say that there is insecurity because of them. However, it is the most reliable form of transport. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if you were to come and preside over the afternoon session, you have just landed at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and there is heavy traffic, the only option is to hop on a boda boda . Within 10 to 15 minutes, you will be within the precincts of Parliament. We have been using boda bodas even in the villages. It is efficient. Our roads in Nandi County are pathetic. We have so many stalled road projects. The only way to access is through boda bodas. The boda bodas assist us in movement and growth of economy. Where roads are not passable, boda bodas have been used to transport even sick people and it has saved"
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