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    "id": 485791,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ochieng",
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": "we get a way of having those people access insurance cover that meets the kind of trade they are plying in? Just like any other venture or business, if we are able to train those people - because they are young people and they are Kenyans – and develop business skills because whatever little they earn from that business, they can invest. They can go into horticulture and animal husbandry so that they can diversify. That way, when a young man does not go to the road, he is still able to fend for himself. Not that when they get sick, they cannot even fend for themselves. What this Government needs to do is to recognize the role that those people play in the development of the economy of this country. This is also tied down to education and public awareness on SACCOs, investment practices and running of rural economies. This will really go a long way in helping them. It is very important not only to the motorcycle riders, but the whole country. Everybody should be put in a point of knowledge. Public awareness will be very important on the safety. When you travel all over Africa, either in Rwanda, or Freetown or in Gaborone or Harare and you are using a motorcycle, you will find most of them require you to put on an helmet, even if it is dirty. The passenger will be required to put on an helmet. So, the public should be made aware that there are things that they need to have as they use that means of transport. Therefore, public awareness is very important. As I move the Motion, I wish to inform hon. Members that if this Motion is passed, we will be resolving that the Government of Kenya prepares an all encompassing policy on boda boda operations and that the Government subsidizes the cost of acquisition of training and commercial motorcycle riding licences. Currently, so much money - Kshs7,000 - is not easy to come by. If we could reduce it to about Kshs3,000 or Kshs4,000, it will be very easy for those people to get it. That is because one of the major ills in the industry is lack of training and licences. So, if we can subsidize that and devolve the process of issuing licences to the counties and sub- counties, it will be very easy for our young people to acquire them."
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