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    "id": 492123,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I think that this Motion should be converted into a Bill. Even then, this House takes the initiative to allocate specific funds for training boda boda riders. I do not think it is too much for this country to allocate funds to this industry which employs our youth. That is something we need to think about because getting money from CDF is overstretching the CDF kitty; mostly, you will take it from the bursary fund meant for secondary schools and university and college students. If you squeeze in the boda boda industry, you will again be overstretching an already stretched fund. I think it is high time this House, being the body that approves and appropriates money in this country, thought of even allocating funds specifically to train boda boda riders, because we have appreciated their role in the transport sector. Hon. Deputy Speaker, when I listened to some of my colleagues who contributed before me I realized that what I have noticed in my constituency is replicated everywhere. If you take stock of how many of your constituents are involved in this industry, then you will appreciate the significance and importance of this industry. With those many remarks, I would like to support and allow my colleagues to make their contribution."
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