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"speaker_name": "Ruaraka, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. TJ Kajwang’",
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"content": " Hon. Kangogo cannot pretend to know more of the Standing Orders than I. I did not have the Order Paper in my hands. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 127(5) and taking into consideration the request from the Senate for withdrawal of the Public Transport (Motorcycle Regulation) Bill, (Senate Bill No.38 of 2023), this House resolves to discharge the Public Transport (Motorcycle Regulation) Bill (Senate Bill No.38 of 2023) from Second Reading. The gist of this Motion is simply to create a legal infrastructure on how we conduct business in both Houses. A Bill emanating from the Senate, having been processed, considered, and passed, is referred to this House for reciprocal consideration. Once it lands in this House, it ceases to be the property of the Senate and becomes the property of this House. Its processing and handling remain the province of this House under the relevant Standing Orders. During the processing of this Bill, something new in our jurisprudence happened. Hon. Bonny Khalwale, the Whip of the Majority Party in that House, proposed the Bill as an individual Member's Bill. When the Bill landed in this House, he sought, by way of a letter, to withdraw it. Faced with that circumstance, the Speaker, mindful of the mutual relationship between the two Houses, issued a communication which was read the other day. The Speaker expressed sympathy for the Member, but clarified that a Member of the Senate cannot withdraw a Bill that is before this House. In the best interest and on the best advice of the Speaker, we now have a Motion before us, so that this House may express itself one way or the other. We do not have Standing Orders that allow a Senator who has already processed a Bill to withdraw it once it is before us. That can only be done through the action of the Leader of the Majority Party. Everybody agrees that we need to structure and regulate the bodaboda business, because it is a big problem— a time bomb in our hands. I was in Doha last week and I did not see a single bodaboda on the streets. Not even one, except for service providers such as e- hailing platforms and others that help the society function. However, in India, bodabodas are all over the streets. In fact, the traffic officer has a whistle and uses a line to control the two- wheelers. That is what is happening here in Kenya, and it is also occurring across almost all jurisdictions in East Africa. You go to Kampala in Uganda, our neighbour, and you see all those bodabodas . The 9th Floor of Kenyatta National Hospital is a ward that is filled with cases of broken bones caused by motorcycles. As you drive along our roads, it is more dangerous on your left-hand side than on your right-hand side because a motorcycle can appear suddenly from the left before you even realise it. Everybody understands that we need to regulate that sub-sector. However, on the flip side, it is a source of income for our young people. It is a source of employment. They get revenue and hard-earned living through that sub-sector. That is not disputed. However, it is high time there was a law that comprehensively addresses this issue. The Traffic Act does very little to control the bodaboda sub-sector. We agree that we need legislation. We support the fact that there is legislation before us. However, even if the legislation is before us, can it be processed in a proper manner? The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"speaker_name": "Ruaraka, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. TJ Kajwang’",
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"content": "I have come this afternoon to support the withdrawal of this Bill, so that the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure can take it up, examine what is good in it, and turn it into law. We can then develop the necessary regulations. More importantly, we must also have input from the Executive, to provide the policy behind it, so that we can create a law that aligns both with the policy and with what helps the society."
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"speaker_name": "Ruaraka, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. TJ Kajwang’",
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"content": "I am told that Senator Bonny Khalwale found himself with a hot potato in his hands. He was pursuing good legislation, but at some point, a few drivers or motorcycle associations out there threatened him. They told him that if he proceeded with the legislation, he would be voted out. I am also told that the Senator aspires to be the Governor of some county. So, just a few people pressured him into throwing out the legislation and writing to the Speaker to withdraw it. What kind of governor would he be, if he is given the chance? Just a few motorcycle riders caused him to abandon an entire piece of legislation!"
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"speaker_name": "Ruaraka, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. TJ Kajwang’",
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"content": "We must play our role as the National Assembly. We must regulate that industry. We want to take it up. I can assure the Leader of the Majority Party that the Cabinet will issue a Cabinet Paper authorising us to bring this legislation before the Assembly and process it. We will not be intimidated like the Senator for Kakamega. I, together with the Leader of the Majority Party, do not aspire to be governors of any county. We will, therefore, carry out this duty without those considerations."
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"speaker_name": "Ruaraka, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. TJ Kajwang’",
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"content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, I wish to support and move that Members accept, with a lot of humility, to discharge this Bill if, for nothing else, to let Sen. Bonny Khalwale know that there is no procedure in the Standing Orders for withdrawing a Bill once it is before this House. He seeks to usurp the powers he does not have by attempting to exercise authority in this Assembly while seated in the Senate."
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"speaker_name": "Ruaraka, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. TJ Kajwang’",
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"content": "With those remarks, I support and move. I propose, and I believe that the Leader of the Majority Party will be kind enough, to second. I thank you."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Peter Kaluma",
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"content": " Leader of the Majority Party, I hope you do not fear bodaboda riders."
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"speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. You know, fear and I are never in the same sentence. I second this Motion by the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure to discharge the Public Transport (Motorcycle Regulation) Bill. I know Hon. Bonny Khalwale is a medical doctor, but when it comes to English, I think he should have borrowed some better English from this Assembly. As the Mover has said, this being a Private Member’s Bill that came from the Senate, the proposer, Senator Bonny Khalwale, has written seeking to withdraw it. However, as Hon. TJ Kajwang’ has mentioned and as was noted by the Speaker in his Communication, there is no process for a Senator to withdraw anything from this House. Whether the Senator is the sponsor of the Bill or a Motion that has already been processed and finalised within the Senate and brought to this House, it is only the Motions of this House and our procedures that can discharge or withdraw such a Bill. Therefore, let this be a lesson not just to Senator Khalwale, but to the other Senators as well. If you want to propose legislation, be man enough to bear the consequences of the choices you make. As we have been told before, choices have consequences. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I agree with the Mover, Hon. Kajwang’ that, if you intend to be a governor of a county, you will be required to make hard and right decisions on behalf of the people. Indeed, that is what leadership calls for. As a leader, time and again, you will be called upon to make the right but unpopular decisions to the masses. How I wish Senator Bonny Khalwale had allowed leadership to take charge of his decisions other than political expediency. This is because the decision to withdraw this Bill by Senator Bonny Khalwale is more of political expediency and playing to the gallery than being a leader. The people of Kakamega will judge whether he is somebody they can trust to lead or one who is meant just The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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"content": "to politic. It is very easy to politic and shout in funerals and in political rallies, but to offer leadership is a different issue all together. That is why I agree with Hon. TJ Kajwang’ that there is need to offer leadership in regulating how our transport sector operates - right from our trains under Kenya Railways, to our buses and matatus, all the way to the use of private vehicles and"
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"content": "bodabodas."
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