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    "id": 1446303,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "also have employment contracts. Will that be sustainable in an industry that does not entail the Employment Act to determine the minimum salary and the benefits that accompany a contract? That is too much. I propose that we standardize the fee that boda bodas pay for monthly stickers. In my estimation, Kshs300 is on the higher side. If you put it at Kshs100, it means in a year you are paying Kshs1,200, and that is what we used to pay for our motor vehicle licenses; it is reasonable. I propose that we put a ceiling here that a county will not pass a Finance Bill that will put an unnecessary burden on our boda boda riders because you have seen what heavy taxation can do to these young guys who are trying to make a living out there. You saw what the passage of the Finance Bill 2024/2025 did to us as a country. Let us also be seen as a Senate that cares for these boda boda riders. Put a ceiling that you do not charge anybody more than Kshs100. If computed annually, it is Kshs1, 200. That is enough for counties to collect as revenue from our boda boda riders. On employment contracts, let us leave that to be regulated by the market. People can agree between the owner of the boda boda and the rider. If you make it too prescriptive, you may achieve a different result where employers will shy off from engaging these young people. Let us try to have a balance between the two. In conclusion, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is a good initiative by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. If we improve it, make some amendments, lessen the burden for the boda boda riders, and put some obligation on the national Government and county governments, we will be seen to be caring for our boda boda riders who are supporters of most of us and are our children and friends back home. With those remarks, I support."
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