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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njagagua",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Muriuki Njagagua",
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    "content": "and are being harassed by policemen because they do not have a reflective jacket or a helmet. It may still be that they do not have a licence. So, hon. Deputy Speaker, now that we are saying that the boda boda industry is an avenue for employment for the youth - it alleviates youth unemployment - we must encourage the youth to own motorcycles and operate them; we must also assist them in owning and operating them. Hon. Deputy Speaker, if you look at the pillars of Vision 2030, I believe transport is a key cog to attaining it. I want to imagine that the use of motorcycles is a means of transport. It is taking us longer to attain our goals of Vision 2030. So, we must support the users of this means of transport but we must again emphasise, and even re-emphasise, the safety. We must have a public policy. Let us not over- harass our young men and women. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I saw the other day Kisumu County Assembly trying to legislate on how women should sit on boda bodas . I do not imagine that is the best way to go about it. This is a free country and if anybody wants to ride the way he or she wants it is their choice, but let us not try to legislate on everything we do in this country. So, hon. Deputy Speaker, I support this Motion, that the Government of the day should do something to assist owners of boda bodas . It should subsidise spare parts and the cost of boda bodas, so that young men get a means of livelihood. Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker."
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