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    "content": "associations and the public on the laws regulating motorcycle operations; submits a report to the Senate within ninety(90) days outlining the short and long term strategies and preventative measures that are being put in place to halt the rising cases of road carnage involving motorcycle riders. The reason I brought this Motion is that I believe it is something that we all encounter. I am sure as everyone drives, they wonder what is wrong with motorcycles. They are all over the place and do not seem to have any laws or regulations and yet, our country has embraced them. They have opened up our rural areas and we even use them in urban centres. They are the mode of transport and business. We have seen how creative Kenyans can be when it comes to motorcycles; they transform them into carriers for people and goods. Let me highlight some statistics when it comes to accidents involving boda boda motorcycles. There are 39 per cent fatalities with regard to accidents caused by bodabodas when pedestrians are crossing roads, whether in designated or undesignated areas. With regard to passengers, who are carried by boda bodas, we have 12 per cent fatalities. These accidents tend to be serious because of speeding collisions. In fact, many times when you are driving, you would see a boda boda rider going to the wrong side of the road. They end up ramming on vehicles that slow down, causing their passengers to fall off. Let us not mention that their passengers are never adorned in the correct gear. The riders do not follow traffic laws. Some of them never wear helmets and most drivers ignore them while on the road. We do not see them because they always come out from where you do not expect them."
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