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"content": "That is because it is chaotic to drive on our Kenyan roads. As Hon. T.J. Kajwang’ has said, in Kenya, it is more dangerous to check what is on your right than on your left when you are driving. We expect people to overtake on your right given that we have right-hand drive cars and we keep left on our roads. However, people overtake from both the left and right sides; they join the roads from every other corner; and, overtake at all manner of places, including blind spots. The other day, somebody narrated to us in the House Business Committee how he shockingly witnessed three traffic policemen riding as pillion passengers on a bodaboda . Those are the people who are supposed to be enforcing the law to make sure that every bodaboda has one pillion passenger. You will easily find policemen flouting the same laws that they are supposed to enforce! Therefore, that tells us that there is need to have proper legislation and to ensure that the same laws are enforced. We cannot allow the chaos that is in the public transport sector today to continue. Sometime last year or early this year, there was hue and cry over a matatu that was said to be owned by a son of a prominent politician in this country . It became very fashionable to bash that one matatu that plies either Ngong’ or Rongai. It is not even owned by the son of the President, as it was said. The said son is a student in school but, because that is what was alleged, everybody on social media admonished him. Last year, there was an incident where a lady driver collided with a bodaboda somewhere in Kitengela. Kenyans can recall the chaotic scenes of her car being vandalised by other bodaboda riders. She was even assaulted. Police officers who were in the vicinity were stoned as they tried to protect the driver. That scenario of chaos cannot be allowed to continue. As leaders, we have a duty to protect the livelihoods of our young people who are making an income out of the bodaboda sector and we must protect them. That is why I want to agree with Hon. TJ Kajwang’ that the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure of this House must take it upon itself to make sure that there is proper order in the public transport sector both for bodabodas and matatus . Many of us miss the Muchuki days. I hope Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir is listening. It took the late Minister Michuki less than two weeks to create order in what was otherwise a very disorderly sector. But after he left us, we slowly crept back to the old days. I remember in my village, we had small matatu vehicles we used to call ng'othis. Those are small Mitsubishi Colt vehicles that would carry close to 30 people. With the Michuki rules, the Mitsubishi Colt was only licensed to carry 12 people. Now we have the Nissan matatu …"
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"content": "The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Peter Kaluma) spoke off the record)"
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"content": "They were called ngo’thi or tungo’thi."
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"content": "I may not know what it means in other communities, Hon. Temporary Speaker. From your reaction and that of Hon. TJ Kajwang’, it probably has another connotation from where you come from. They were very small rickety cars. People used to be packed in them like sacks of potatoes. When Minister Michuki came in, he created order. He ensured that safety belts were installed and used. Hon. Temporary Speaker, how many matatus have safety belts today? How many of them adhere to the set speed limits? Everyday, Kenyans cry over accidents 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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"content": "because they lose family members, relatives and friends on the roads. Sadly, I am told that this week or last week, there was a headline in one of the dailies that said that bodaboda accidents have overtaken all other forms of accidents in terms of fatalities. It is said that bodabodas kill and maim more Kenyans than matatus, buses, trains and aeroplanes. We have a responsibility to do that which is right, but may not be popular. We have to protect the lives and livelihoods of our young people. The people who die as a result of"
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"content": "bodaboda"
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"content": "accidents are not the old. It is the young riders and young passengers who die. That is not to say that older people do not die as a result of those accidents. Today, I sadly remember the late Hon. Hassan Kullow, the Member of Parliament for Banissa Constituency. The people of Banissa Constituency do not have a representative and have stayed without one for close to a year now. Why? Out of a motor accident occasioned by a bodaboda . Why? Because we do not adhere to the rules. I remember the case of the late Hon. Kullow. I think it was some gas cylinders or luggage that were tied to the bodaboda on both sides that actually hit him and led to his death. Hon. Bonny Khalwale may imagine that it cannot happen to him because he is a Member of Parliament and that he has the privilege of having a big car. We can never know Hon. Temporary Speaker. We all walk and drive on the same roads as bodaboda riders. If we do not create order, we will only have ourselves to blame. We must not wait for that time of regret. We must do that which is right by enacting laws that will regulate the entire public transport sector. Let us look at our trains. At times, we only have God to thank. During rush-hour on some routes, I do not want to name them, passengers ride on top of a train and not inside the train. They hang on it. Imagine, in some places, the train goes through tunnels and bridges and people have to keep ducking as it goes through. Where is order in that sector? Do we still have a Cabinet Secretary in charge of that sector? We have a whole State Department in charge of Transport, but how many Kenyans know who the Principal Secretary for Transport is? I am certain that if I asked Members here who the Principal Secretary in charge of Transport is, they would not know. You can hear the Members asking. That is why we miss the late John Michuki. How I wish Senator Khalwale would have the balls of the late Hon. John Michuki. However, we live to do what is right, and I pray that the Committee on Transport and Infrastructure, of which Hon. TJ Kajwang’ is the Ranking Member, will act to ensure there is order in the entire sector. When we speak about telematics in traffic control in Nairobi and other urban centres, the system alone will not deal with the problem. It has to be systems and our own habits, how we drive, walk, or ride on those roads. Whatever manner of traffic control systems we put in place in the City and other areas, they will all be investments in futility and a waste of public resources if we do not change our attitudes and behaviour. We must ensure that all public sector modes of transport, from"
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"content": "bodaboda, matatus,"
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"content": "private vehicles to trains, are properly regulated. I look forward to the day when the Committee will bring us a law that will serve to create some order in that area. I beg to second the discharge of this Bill by the Hon. Senator for Kakamega. I urge him, next time before he sits and formulates legislation, to think through and decide whether he wants to do what is right or what is popular. If you want to be popular throughout your political career, do not seek a leadership position. Go and sell ice cream. That way, you will make people happy all the time. Otherwise, we are in a business where, at times, you make people happy and, at other times, they are unhappy with you. However, if you are doing the right thing, in the end, the people will realise that your actions were in their best interest. That is why they trusted you with leadership so that you can lead and they can follow. You lead in order to get the best out of them and for them. Thank you. 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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