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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Tom Joseph Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity also to add my voice to the debate before us. I rise to support this very noble Motion before the House. I want to appreciate my colleague, hon. Gladys Wanga, for being a variant lady that in spite of all the odds, is able to bring to the fore an issue that is pertinent amongst her residents in Homa Bay County. I note that so many people died out of the Ntulele accident, many of whom came from Homa Bay County. Some of them came from Migori County and until you see your brothers, sisters and mothers dying like rats, you may not know how it feels when an issue comes before you to support them. I heard the Leader of Majority Party talk about it and I almost felt that because some of us do not use vehicles in their areas, they do not know what it means to get into these issues when it comes as it did come along the Narok Road. I have listened to contributors and I see that there is a general consensus in the House. Everybody is saying that it is true that there are issues of accidents. The issue of boda bodas is becoming a menace and it is true that something has to be done. I only see a source of departure when Members are debating whether it should be conducted by the Select Committee or something else. If you look at this Motion properly, you will see that hon. Wanga is asking for two things. One, that this House resolves that the National Transport and Safety Authority conducts safety training, testing and licensing of all boda boda motorcycles. What is wrong in that? Is everybody not speaking the same thing? Is everybody not agreeing that we need to rein in the boda bodas, so that we can have safety on our roads? There is, of course, a divide when we go into the next issue of whether to establish a Select Committee, but I rise to urge Members that we should not kill a noble idea because The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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