Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa

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• 9 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also indicated that there have been rising cases of accidents involving boda boda operators and many of our wards, whether it is at the Kitale District Hospital, Kisumu or Naivasha, are full of women and children who have been injured in those accidents. In fact, we have boda boda wards in almost every town now. We are also emphasizing that boda bodas have been a source of employment for many young Kenyans. Many unemployed young Kenyans have resorted to buying bicycles and motorcycles to earn their daily bread. I also indicated that the Government, ... view
• 9 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: operators that we are talking about today. We need to now come up with affirmative action programmes. One of the programmes I am suggesting today is that this Government should set up a special fund to be known as the Boda Boda Fund through which the youth of this country can actually receive funds for special training. This will help in bringing down the rate of accidents, particularly through subsidized driving schools. For example, if a young person cannot afford to pay Kshs7,000 or Kshs10,000 for training for a motor cycle driving licence, he can access training through subsidized special ... view
• 9 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to thank the Assistant Minister and the Government for their positive response. I also want to thank all the hon. Members for their contributions. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, John F. Kennedy once said that the future of any nation is directly proportional to the leaders’ investment in the youth of that nation. I believe that what is happening in Tunisia and Egypt today can happen here or anywhere else for as long as we fail to recognize the problems or crisis situations within our society. The cause of the riots and the ... view
• 9 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: for a day to empowering these young people. Empowerment starts with recognition. Today, we can recognize them the way we recognized the Jua Kali Sector in the 1990s. If we do that, we will give them a new beginning. We are not talking about recognition on the part of Government. We are talking about recognition on the part of the leadership of this country which includes all of us seated in this Chamber. I appreciate what hon. Njuguna and others said that even through there are limited funds of CDF, some hon. Members are already contributing part of the CDF ... view
• 9 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we believe that hon. Members have contributed towards construction of roads. They have also set up bursaries. Training of young people no matter the courses they are undertaking, say, nursing, laboratory technician, driving or in universities--- A driving course is just like any other course and through our bursary allocations, the young people could be trained. I believe that when we talk about setting up a fund, we will not only require the Ministry of Transport to set out the policy, but we will also need the Ministry of Finance to establish that special fund. ... view
• 9 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry of Heath should come up with health and medical policies to address the concerns that hon. Members have raised before in this House; to ensure that there are affordable medical schemes and insurance covers. That will help our young people! We can also come up with policies that can help the view
• 9 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: in ensuring that the legal issues touching on the Traffic Act--- I am happy because the Minister has said that there is an amendment to the Traffic Bill that is before this House. All these matters put together will see the challenges currently facing the view
• 9 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: operators in Kenya addressed through legislation, policy and funding. We will ensure that the young people who are riding the motorbikes are not being exploited. I thank hon. Members because they have brought forward a clear picture of what is happening in their respective constituencies. The motorbikes that the young people are riding out there do not belong to them. They belong to those who have the money; who are able to buy. They only hire them out to those young people who, after a day of hard work, go home with only Kshs100 or Kshs150. They are in the ... view
• 9 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: To ask a young man who has just left school to get Kshs100,000 to buy a motorbike is next to impossible. But through a special fund, if the Ministry of Finance could set it up, we will remove many of those young people from a state of hopelessness and unemployment to prosperity. We need to empower them. If the operator owns the motorbike, instead of getting Kshs100, he would end up with, at least, Kshs500. Through recognition, we will have the boda boda industry uplifted in the eyes of the society and, particularly, the police who are harassing those young ... view
• 3 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairperson, I beg to move that the Committee doth report to the House its consideration of The Traffic (Amendment) Bill, 2010, and its approval thereof without amendment. view