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    "id": 65726,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Olago",
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        "legal_name": "John Olago Aluoch",
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    "content": ", boda boda riders and Nissan operators. Property was destroyed and people were hurt because of competition for the routes and the desire of the council to re-route bodaboda operators. The idea of road safety and training in the Highway Code needs consultation between those in authority and the boda boda riders. Where boda boda riders are forced to accept the conditions set by local authorities and by the police without proper consultations, then that lack of understanding results to violent encounters. However, one other challenge that has come up is the misuse of boda boda riders by robbers and thugs. They hire motorcycle riders and use motorcycles as a quick get- away from robbery scenes. Sometimes, boda boda riders are killed or traumatized. That goes in line with the failure by the Ministry of Transport to come up with positive policy guidelines to reduce the emerging trends in the transport industry. The Traffic Act, as we know it today, was not designed to cater for two-wheelers and three-wheelers as public transport vehicles. The Traffic Act only deals with four- wheelers as public transport vehicles. The Minister for Transport informed this House last year that the Ministry, in conjunction with the Police Department, was coming up with policy guidelines on how to amend the Traffic Act to accommodate two-wheelers and three-wheelers. But that has not been done. The traffic police are now enforcing laws against boda boda operators with non-existent traffic laws. They are then taken to kangaroo courts where the officers in charge of traffic impose fines on boda boda operators. They are forced to pay a fine and if they fail to do so, they are not allowed to operate. Those are the challenges that need to be addressed clearly and positively by the Government. That is why it is important at this stage in our history, that the Government comes up with the necessary legal and policy framework that can deal with all the emerging issues in the transport sector, so that it is involved directly as a means of employment and wealth creation among the youth. I, therefore, have the honour to second this Motion urging the Government to set up a Boda Boda Fund to finance the youth who use the boda bodas. A sum of Kshs1 billion as set out by Mr. Wamalwa is suitable. With those few remarks, I beg to second."
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