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    "id": 485784,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ochieng",
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": "is also a big advantage. If you go to Industrial Area, you will find that the use of boda boda means of transport is just to spur business – to make business move so fast. Transporting goods from Kuresoi to Nakuru Town with a very poor network down there relies so much on boda boda . Therefore, the main gist of this Motion is that we must make the use of this means of transport, because it is not only cheaper, but safer. We should ensure that the Government puts resources in regulating this sector, without necessarily harassing the boda bodas . Research done in Kakamega, Nakuru, Kisumu, Busia, and Machakos county, showed that more than 30 percent of the youth in this counties depend on their day to day earnings and day to day work on this means of transport. So, it is a big source of employment. I have also heard - and I have seen--- Politicians like you and I may not like them, but those are guys we rely upon to heckle our opponents during our campaigns. Boda Bodas have so many purposes. As parliamentarians, we do not want to take that next level to ensure that those people also have a good living that is decent from the kind of trade they ply. The reason this Motion was brought is because there are challenges that, that sector faces. There are also challenges that people who ply that trade face. One of the major challenges - and which I think this country needs to look at very keenly – is that there are people in that sector who pay school fees for their children in high school and university through that business. We take them as boys. We think they are just some young boys or people who are idle. That is a very big business and, therefore, there is need to recognize it as a formal means of transport. The Government can create jobs on the upstream and downstream of that sector. From Ugenya where I come from, if somebody is at Sega and wants to repair his motorcycle, he has to travel like 50 kilometers to get the next motorcycle repair shop. This is a very big business going on. But the Government has not taken the initiative to train those who will be able to repair and service those motorcycles. This is a big challenge but also a business opportunity, an opportunity for the Government of Kenya to provide the young people with jobs. They can become the artisans. They can get jobs after being trained to repair motorcycles. Regulations with regard to how boda bodas should operate has been haphazard. It has been reactionary and largely, prohibitive. Even as we speak, without anticipating debate, you know their regulations have been made by the National Transport and Safety Authority. I think they are before the Committee of 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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