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"speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Kiunjuri also mentioned the phasing out of the 14-seater matatus and replacing them with higher capacity vehicles. His fear was that this might result in job losses for the youth. I want to assure him that the higher capacity vehicles have drivers and conductors. We are trying to ensure that all these people do what hon. Bahari called âquality jobsâ â working for not longer than eight hours. Currently, the matatu drivers and conductors are forced to work over 18 hours; they get so stressed that this is one of the causes of accidents; they try to meet the targets that are set for them by vehicle owners. So, we discussed with the matatu and transport stakeholders and agreed that the direction to take is in the higher-occupancy vehicles as we retire the smaller vehicles. I also want to give the good news to the hon. Members that since the introduction of this policy, we have seen very many orders being placed with our vehicle manufacturers. The assembly lines are working throughout and that is creating quality jobs for our youth and engineers. We hope that this will replace the current situation where our roads are being filled with vehicles that have long been declared unfit by the countries we import them from. It is time that we concentrated on manufacturing our vehicles here."
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