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    "id": 1446298,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13219,
        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know about your county, but I know where I come from, the County of Nyamira, I have so many people who have gone to school to a degree level and they are boda boda riders. I have so many boda boda riders who have qualified as teachers. I even have picked one or two and encouraged them to apply for teaching jobs and they have been successful. Our sons who are in boda boda business are in it because we have no jobs. So, we need to be very fair and kind to them. As we pass this regulation, my first concern is that we should not pass a law that will again put a heavy burden on the boda bodas. I have looked at the roads. You sympathise with our young children. They ride their motorcycles in the dusty roads from morning to evening. When it rains, they still want to continue doing their business because they have to fend for their families. At times, they are called in the wee hours of the night to pick passengers. They say ‘yes’ because they are trying to fend for their families. They work under very difficult conditions. I wish the Government could put in place mechanisms of upgrading our roads to bitumen standards so that these very enterprising cadre of Kenyans can work in an environment that puts a human face to their business. Having said that, I support this Bill, but with a number of amendments. I want to persuade Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale to listen to my concerns on this Bill. The first concern is that if we create this board in Clause 5, it has a heavy presence of county government. It is also huge with eleven members. You are saying the chairperson should be appointed by the county governor. Personally, I propose that we have a competitive process of picking a chairperson through the County Public Service Board (CPSB). There is nothing so special that a governor should appoint a chairman. Let it be competitive. Let those who have an interest in that sector be allowed to apply in a competitive process to the CPSB. On representatives from the County Executive Committee membership, you have proposed we put a representative from County Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Transport, Finance and Attorney General. Then, you go to Clause 4(f) and again propose four persons appointed by the CECM responsible for matters relating to transport. I will persuade that we consider proposing to amend this Clause 4(f) to have representatives from the sub-counties. If in Kakamega you have 12, let each sub-county elect one person. We have tried issues of elections. In the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), every representative is elected. The only ones who sit in JSC without being subjected to an election are those who are there by virtue of their offices, including the Chief Justice (CJ), the Attorney-General (AG) and the like. The rest, including the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and the magistrate courts. We should remove this thing of throwing everything to the county. This Bill is self- regulating. The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) does self-regulation, and it does it very well. If you misbehave, lawyers can strike you off the roll. I think if you give power to the bodaboda sector, they can ably regulate themselves. 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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