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    "id": 1547251,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ibrahim Saney",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I beg to second. Motorcyclists, commonly referred to as bodabodas are a very important segment of our transport system. Bodabodas offer the last mile connectivity. They are the only accessible and cheap mode of transport in the dark and narrow alleys of our cities and all our urban centres. Most of the time, it is motorcycles that are entangled in the bushes and thickets of the countryside trying to make sure that goods, services and people are delivered to where they are needed most. Bodabodas offer employment to our youth. Quite a big number of our youth are engaged in motorcycle transport, eking a living. They serve them as a reliable form of employment. When the Committee met different stakeholders and went through Petition No.14 of 2024 and interrogated all stakeholders, they found out that there are three outstanding issues in the Petition. First, lack of recognition in law and by Transport Network Companies (TNCs) by the motorcyclists. Secondly, they also go through many agonies, including welfare issues that they do not get the required protection when they are doing their business. Most of the time, they are deactivated by the TNCs without notice and in a very unjustifiable way. In a way, it chastises cyclists without looking at their interests. Thirdly, pricing has been an issue."
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