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"speaker_name": "Saku, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Raso",
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"content": "has become a major part of the Kenyan economy and a transport lift. For the information of young men and women in this House, many years ago, motorcycles used to be owned by senior teachers, education officers or rich guys in the neighbourhoods. However, it is now the tool of choice for all. It is basically available in the streets and villages. When you drive in Kenya, the mode of transport that you cannot fail to see is bodaboda. Therefore, this Motion is timely and its intent is important. Going forward, it informs a body of important things that we must do as legislators. What is required in the bodaboda industry is order. In the olden days, it was said that matatu ni matata . It was a necessary evil mode of transport that was associated with noise, disorder and breaking of traffic rules. One honourable colleague talked about Rwanda. Actually, if you go to Rwanda, you will see how orderliness reduces accidents and so many other things that are unnecessary nuisance to the society. Another issue I want to talk about is safety. The Chair of the Departmental Committee on Health will agree with me that every second a patient comes in for treatment is a bodaboda rider or a bodaboda passenger with head injuries, fractured bones and many other serious injuries sustained from bodaboda accidents. Law and order is not observed, and so, calling them to order does not happen. We must, therefore, call a spade a spade. We must have something in place to safeguard the society's well-being and its health. To take a head injury patient to a hospital in India costs between Ksh4 million and Ksh5 million, which is not affordable. The majority of Kenyans with such injuries will die and decay in their villages. Next is the issue of pollution and climate change. Considering the number of bodaboda motorcycles that we have, the idea of local manufacturing becomes important. We must have bodaboda motorcycles that are suitable to our environment and terrain, with a carrying capacity that suites us so that they become…"
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