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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "riders carry school children to school and some of those children are below nine years and some of the parents do not have time to accompany their children to school. Members, what shall we do? For instance, you are on the road and a child who is four years old is on the bike alone carried by the boda boda rider, so when an accident happens, invariably that child is thrown off and the child loses their life. Perhaps, as a doctor, I would say that we should create a seat belt that should wrap the child at the back with the rider, so that when the rider tries to evade an accident the child is not thrown off. Finally, every passenger in a two-wheeled motorcycle should wear a seat belt as I said and not board or be carried by a motorcycle that already has a maximum number of passengers as prescribed in this law. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, employment contracts must be between the employer and the rider and no person shall use or operate a three-wheeled motorcycle with an engine capacity exceeding 250 cubic capacity on a public road unless authorised by law. Since the bigger bikes are too powerful and even overtake us with our four-wheel drives. I have spoken to the area of carriage of passengers and loads. The only thing I want to add on loads is, if you are carrying wide objects, the law intends to make it not permissible for you to carry luggage that is too wide. When the luggage is too wide and put across the seat, it endangers the other passengers. So, you either carry it straight or keep it short. The law has prescribed that. I have provided in the law the requirements needed for the bike to qualify to be an ambulance. Motorcycles are being used as ambulances so we have to accept it. A proper design should be done, which I do not want to belabour by explaining. The law also speaks to unauthorised goods. A person shall not transport any unauthorised goods, including contraband or goods restricted under the narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances under the law or carry firearms. Some unscrupulous bodaboda riders are used in promoting crime and this is the purpose of this particular inclusion. On the issue of insecurity, you all know that there are times when other road users’ lives are threatened by the boda boda riders. This law prohibits ganging. Bodaboda riders will be discouraged from operating like gangs. You know of the story of a young lady who hit a boda boda rider, the young man did not incur serious injuries, but his bike was destroyed. The young woman was attacked by a gang of this boda boda riders . We want to tell them that they are businessmen and not members of a gang or militia. We are prohibiting riding on pavements and we have provided for general penalties which include, a person who contravenes any provision of this Act and whose penalty is not provided for elsewhere under this Act, commits an offence and is liable to a"
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