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"speaker_name": "Sen. Mariam Omar",
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. First, I appreciate and thank Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale for bringing up this Bill, which in one way or another, will solve most of the challenges of the boda boda riders. In the Bill, there is a board. In the composition of that board, as another Senator has also highlighted, there must be a boda boda association. Currently, we have a boda boda association. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, take note on that so that we include a boda boda association in that board. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when it comes to the board registration, it will tell us the number of boda bodas motorcycles in counties. I can see there is a cross-county recognition, which is a very good proposal because it will help us to know how many bodas are in each county. On the registration of motorcycles by the board of directors, there must be penalties when it comes to registrations. Sometimes, they do not follow what the requirements. Maybe the board member can register anyone. On that scenario, the registration of motorcycle has not been done correctly. Therefore, take note on the penalties to the members of the board of directors who makes a registration without checking the requirements. There is a requirement that all the registered riders to also register with the cooperative society. In fact, I am a sponsor of cooperative society. Give me a clue so that I can put an amendments to take care of the boda bodas. Concerning the training, we must have a unique licence for the boda boda motorcycle, which must be different from other means of transports. Concerning sitting position, as the Senator for Busia County has said, there is a clause which said exempt Persons with Disability (PwDs). You have to include PwDs and women so that it can cater for some cultures because I cannot sit the way other people are sitting. You have to take care of that position. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, some boda bodas are private and others are commercial. When you need transport means and stand at the roadside, we should be able to differentiate the boda bodas that are private from the commercial ones. We must have a unique differentiation between the private and commercial motorcycle. When it comes to offences of Kshs100,000, you also have to differentiate the offence charge of the private and the commercial one so that the private one can pay that Kshs100,000, but the others riders cannot. You also have to differentiate that. Concerning the requirements of the road, boda boda motorcycles have simplified the work of many of the Kenyans. We should have a private path on one side of the road so that we have a different section from the four-wheel drivers. We have to restrict that when giving contracts to the contractors. The engineer doing inspections must ensure that the scope in the Bills of Quantities (BQ) includes a road done for motorcycle riders. Concerning boda bodas being used as ambulance, in fact, that is what we are using on our area. We need to have each county’s health sectors to have two or three motorcycles as emergency ambulance so that people can access the health services at the right time, when they are needed. The other thing is the registration of these motorcycle. The Senator can take note that the valuation should be done when doing registration. Sometimes, somebody can come The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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