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    "id": 65764,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kinyanjui",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Roads",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Lee Maiyani Kinyanjui",
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    "content": "industry and other transport subsectors we have welfare associations that have come up to ensure that they take care of the welfare of their members. It will be remembered that we do not have any umbrella body to take care of the boda boda business. Therefore, in issues of policy they do not have representation. In issues that affect their own well being they do not have representation. Worse still, in the local authorities they are required to pay for licenses to operate, but in return there is no service they receive from the very councils that charge them. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we hope that with proper representation they will have their own agenda and ensure that they have places where they can park, pick their passengers and ensure the trade is done in a regulated manner, and in a way that ensures the safety of the passengers. In conclusion, I would like to indicate that those who use this service are not very endowed. They do not have any medical scheme or money to access medical care. Through the fund that we hope to establish through this Motion, it will be possible for us to have an insurance scheme that will carter for the boda boda operators and also their passengers. This will ensure that even in cases where they become victims of accidents they will be compensated and their beneficiaries will not be left suffering. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to say that the introduction of"
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