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    "id": 832771,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "need for proper training of the boda boda riders as well as proper procedures for licensing and issuance of insurance covers. This is because a young man would acquire a motorcycle today and they are already in business in the evening, transporting people and goods. It will also be important to specify in these regulations if a motorcycle has been acquired as a means of public transport or not. What and how much of it is the motorcycle licensed to carry? Apart from ferrying passengers, it is not uncommon to come across motorcycles – the so called boda bodas – transporting all manner of things, including goats, cows and even sofa sets. Therefore, there is need for proper regulation as to what these motorcycles are supposed to carry. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not want to say that because of the absolute lack of regulation in this sector, corrupt police officers manning road blocks or managing traffic on our roads are also having a field day, extorting bribes from boda boda riders, because they are not licensed to operate. It will, therefore, be important for the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) to look into the whole issue of proper licensing so that we can also tame the appetite for extortion of bribes by corrupt police officers. In the same light, just as we have established Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOs) for matatus, the same should also apply for boda bodas for ease of identification and management. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have listened to what the Majority Leader has said, about the dignity of passengers, especially ladies using boda bodas . We have also witnessed situations where ladies, in pursuit of their own dignity while travelling on bodabodas, are forced to sit sideways; which is a very dangerous position to take on a moving object. Therefore, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support this Motion by Sen. Kasanga, which is long overdue. I wish that the NTSA could move fast to come up with proper regulation of this sector in our transport sector. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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