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    "id": 485789,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ochieng",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": "operators to come and they pounce on them. In the rural areas where burials are done mostly on Saturdays, you will find the police leaving their bases to go somewhere in the bush, park their lorries somewhere and wait for boda boda riders as they transport people to burials. On Saturdays, hundreds of people are arrested and the police get money from them without even being charged. About Kshs3,000 to Kshs6,000 is given in bribes. This is not well regulated. Instead of the business being a source of income for those who are plying the trade, it is a source of income for the police and law enforcement officers. That is why we must ensure that we make that trade legal and put parameters that will make those who ply it get something out of it. Because of what I have just said, you will find that most of those people are indisciplined. They do not want to follow the law. That is because they say: “Whether I follow the law or not, if I meet a police officer, I will be asked for a bribe.” That contributes to the indiscipline and not following the law in that regard. If you recognize that, that is a very important thing in this country; if you realize, for example, that it transports people from Embakasi to town, then why do we not, as policy makers--- This country is now embarking on very serious and major infrastructural projects. Can we not provide for lanes for those people on our roads? Can we have lanes dedicated to them so that even as a user of motor vehicles--- Sometimes, they are ahead of you and, instinctively, you find yourself hooting at them and yet, they also have a right to the road! They have a right but you find most drivers hooting at the motorcycle riders ahead of them as if they do not have the right to use the road. That is what we are talking about. If we do not think they should be using the road, let us put a lane for them. But if you think they should be using the road, then we must do public awareness. Motor vehicle drivers must know that those people are genuinely and legally entitled to use the road network. 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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