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    "id": 492227,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/492227/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Iringo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in my constituency, I have decided to train as many motorcycle riders as possible. But the problem is getting the licences. It is very tricky. Therefore, I would like the issuance of licences for motorbikes to be decentralized - even for motor vehicles. Those services should be brought closer to the people in the counties or even constituencies, so that those people can get those services as fast as possible. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, since Independence, our roads have been designed for vehicles and other machines. We do not have lanes designed for motorbikes and it has become a very big problem especially in market places and shopping centres. They just ride very slowly either in the middle of the road or at the side of the road where people are walking. In the process, they cause confusion and many accidents occur on our roads. Finally, we have our good disciplined forces called the policemen. When they go out there, they do not look for motorcycles which have no licences, are carrying passengers without helmets or are carrying excess passengers. They just stand there as if they are in a kiosk and ask for money from those young people. Those young people get very little money from the boda boda business and, at the end of the day, those policemen end up taking that money. They do that each and every day and, therefore, there has been hue and cry everywhere. They put up roadblocks not for the security of the riders or passengers, but just for them to earn money in the process. Therefore, they need to change that attitude and know that, if they remove the youth out of the roads, then they will end up in the criminal world. They will then have more difficulties in tracing and getting them out of crime. That is worse than carrying more people or overloading, or riding unlicensed motorbikes. Therefore, we need some sanity within the police. People know that our youth need employment which must be nurtured from the word go, so that we can alleviate the unemployment problem in Kenya. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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