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    "id": 492263,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/492263/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ogolla",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Ochanda Ogolla",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I thank you, hon. Ochieng for giving me this short chance. One thing that is important is that many of us have supported this Motion. I really do support it. I only want to bring out one or two areas. When the Government is working on the details of either regulation or some kind of control mechanisms, certain things need to be considered. One is that many a times, training and regulations do not change behaviour; not even the attitude. The best thing we can have is where the industry regulates itself. We are seeing the kind of changes that are happening in the matatu sector because of the SACCOs and all that. I think when we will be looking at the policy of boda boda s, we will look at how they can regulate themselves. How can they come up with a policy to discipline themselves? A lot of issues are bordering on discipline. On the side of the Government, I think one thing that the Government must look at is - in the face of us – that the boda boda is a big industry now. Beyond that, it cannot be a good solution to public transport. It can be a good alternative to job creation among the youth. I think the Government needs to look at this in a very serious manner. The future of public transport must be looked at in a different way because I want to believe that the temporary nature of the solution that the boda boda is offering might not be one of the best directions to go. When we are looking at the issue of job creation, the Government must work very hard. We must be very creative and innovative in terms of looking at the alternative centers and ways of generating jobs for the youth. Everybody who has finished Class VIII or Form IV are all running to boda boda . The returns on investments are getting narrow and, in the end, many youths are not going to get anything out of it. It is not going to be employing anybody in the future. Thank you."
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