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    "id": 1526517,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ruaraka, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. TJ Kajwang’",
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    "content": "industry to ensure that the rights provided recommend necessary amendments to the regulations to include motorcycles and vehicles protected under the regulations. Now, the background is that the Committee on Delegated Legislation processed regulations presented to this House in 2022. This economy was still under Uber four-wheeler cars at the time. Hon. Temporary Speaker, you remember they played a big part during COVID- 19 times. You could not leave the house, but could summon these people to your home. At that time, the regulations dealt with the four-wheelers. Other forms of couriers like bicycles and motorcycles came into place as things progressed. Those regulations did not recognise the bicycles and other two-wheelers. Therefore, they need protection under them. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I will go to the recommendations that we made. We summoned the Cabinet Secretary for Roads, Transport and Public Works, which is the mainstream ministry that deals with this matter. We also got information from the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy, which regulates the communication aspect under the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK). We also talked about the digital economy under which this economy is built. We also dealt with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK). The big companies like Uber and Bolt are very substantial. Many of them are owned by foreigners. Sometimes, we were unable to get their local offices. They are stronger in terms of purchase between an employee and the employer. It was necessary to come between them and investigate issues which are monopolistic in nature that can exploit the people in this industry. The last one is data protection. When that gentleman rides a bike from Westlands, from one station to the other, for example, Bolt Company will have the data of the person whom he is going to deliver to. However, there is a breakdown in communication between the data which is held by the person who is harnessing it and the person using it. The big companies told us that they do not give the data of the person whom they are going to supply to. If the riders discover that person’s distance is not lucrative, then they will drop that service. We also said that if this person was to deliver to your doorstep, you should also know, as a consumer. You have a right to know who this rider is, his history and whether he has good conduct. You may find yourself with a bike on your door and somebody knocks your door. You open the door in the middle of the night, and you find that this bike has brought in robbers. We considered those situations when we were investigating the issues. For example, a woman was raped in Mlolongo as a result of this. We also have a rider, but he prides that he is a killer of the society. Because he has the data, he will ride into your house - and without processing it - and do some of those things that have happened. These are the kinds of situations we had to navigate through. How does the office of the Data Protection Commissioner safely keep the data and give minimum information to the players in the industry, so that the consumer and rider are safe, and the people who are in the Bolt industry make money? The last thing is that the compensation is at 18 per cent. We have a capitalist or open society. People should come to Kenya to do business. We should make it easy for someone to start a business - a start-up. A young person can acquire several bikes or sit down and write an application (app). I am sure the Nominated Member from Nairobi City County understands me. These people are now complicated. Young people should be encouraged to do business in a different way."
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