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"content": "schools. In the process, they are trying to earn a living to carry passengers. This has contributed to the high number of accidents because many of the young people who are carrying the women and children of this country do not have driving licences. What can the Government do to ensure that funds are set aside to ensure training in road safety, safety of the passengers and also the safety of these young Kenyans who are trying to earn a living through a very difficult process. This is one area that I do believe, as I come to the end of my contribution, that if the Government focused and developed policies to ensure that these young people are trained and that they have driving licences and that there are driving schools in all the counties, we can reduce the menace of the boda boda in our country. Apart from that, I do believe that due to the challenges they are facing, these young people are not able to cope by themselves and they have had to work through the night. In the process, they have exposed themselves to the vagaries of the night. Many of them have fallen victims. Many of them have been killed in the night and had their motor bikes hijacked. I do believe these are some of the areas that, through regulations minimizing of harassment by the police and enabling young people acquire motor cycles so that out of the Kshs700 even if they were to deduct fuel and other costs that will follow, they will at least go home with nothing less than Kshs500. This will be one way of eradicating poverty because of the low income that these young people are experiencing. We will propose that the Government should immediately---"
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