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    "id": 923912,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, very quickly. This is a very important Statement, especially for Nairobi and major parts of the country. This weekend I was in Kakamega, Vihiga and Kisumu counties. On my way back to Nairobi through Kitale, what I saw made me dismayed. As much as we care about these young people on bodaboda and we want to support them in earning a living: this Committee should ask whether boda boda riders are above the law. Even as you go home from Parliament, you will see them crossing roundabouts whichever way they want. There is no rule on the road that they follow and the policemen just look at them. Yet, it is their own lives that they are endangering. In as much as we are supporting them - I support them completely despite the harassment they get from the county government in Nairobi - they must be able to follow rules for their own good. The Committee should ask the Traffic Department whether the police have been told to turn a blind eye on road safety rules that are for the benefit of those boda boda operators; they do not follow lights, they do not listen you know--- Whichever side of the road they want to go, they go. It is for their own good. Thank you for that Statement, Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve."
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