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    "content": "riders get involved in horrible accidents, majority of them caused by motorists who are very unsympathetic and unfriendly to riders. Majority of the bodaboda accidents are also attributable to our bad roads. The roads are not maintained. KeRRA has not started maintaining roads because money is clogged up somewhere. This results in bodaboda accidents which, sometimes, maim passengers and riders. As I support the withdrawal of this Bill, I urge the 13th Parliament, particularly the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure, to re-examine traffic laws and see how universal they are, particularly how they apply to the bodaboda sector. There are too many unlicensed riders and learners carrying passengers whereas they are not supposed to. There are bodaboda entrepreneurs who use cheap labour of unqualified riders. We run into several accidents because amateur riders are not qualified or licensed. There is no way a passenger would tell whether a rider is qualified and licensed or an amateur. Above all, I thank Hon. Khalwale for withdrawing the Bill, though I do not know the reasons. The grapevine says that he is scared of the ‘ground’ because bodaboda operators are a ‘government’ on their own and a voting bloc. It is important to understand how bodabodas operate in this country. We should know how much employment the sector has generated. Our children, wives, parents and grandparents find bodaboda to be the most convenient mode of transport. It is incumbent upon this House to reflect and bring a regulatory regime, through consultation with the sector, to streamline safety. With those remarks, Hon. Temporary Speaker, I support."
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