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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Tong’i",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Nyagaka Tongi",
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    "content": "Kenya. Therefore, we need to encourage motorcyle sellers to be friendly because the higher the number of motorcyles that they will sell, the more profit they will make from the big numbers rather than make a lot of money from the sale of a single motorcyle and make it impossible for our unemployed youth to own motocycles – a source of employment and income. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I must also mention, as the Member for Nyaribari Chache and Kisii Town - which is located in my constituency - that the motorcycle subsector has not been managed very well. There are times when you cannot move in that town because of traffic jam caused by motorcyles. We are encouraging the county governments to come up with laws that will enable motorcycles to operate freely without being a nuisance or a hindrance to other road users. If such laws are put in place, we will be able to address the concerns that we have as a community. It is also important for me to mention that we have seen an increase in the number of accidents over time. We are now fundraising for my former teacher, Mr. Kopa – and may God keep him healthy – who was injured during an accident involving a motorcycle. He is one of the best school principals that we have in Kenya today. He is hospitalised and the bill is in excess of Kshs2.4 million. That is all due to the negligence on the part of the motorcycle rider. It is not enough for one to just know how to balance on a motorcycle. One needs to have gone through proper training, which should be facilitated by the Government and all of us, as leaders; to ensure that one is competent enough to ride a motorcycle and ensure the safety of the passenger and other road users. Hon. Speaker, allow me to mention something which shocked me yesterday. I was astonished by the level of debate in this House. Yesterday, we had a moment when we talked of Cabinet Secretaries coming to Parliament to make policy statements. Instead of us addressing national issues, the whole debate turned into a personality issue, with Mr. Charles Nyachae becoming the subject of the day. It is not fair to mention somebody’s name in a negative way when that person has no chance of defending himself on the Floor of this House. We were dealing with a national issue, which needed to be addressed as such. Mr. Charles Nyachae is not the advisor of the Government. He is not an advisor to the President. The directive to Cabinet Secretararies not to appear before Parliament was issued by the President. The Cabinet Secretaries are not answerable to Mr. Nyachae. Finally, it was made to appear that Mr. Charles Nyachae is the one who asked the Cabinet Secretaries not to attend the Committee proceedings. With all due respect to the hon. Members here, we need to take the debate in Parliament to the next level and stop personalizing issues."
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