By William Madouk<\/p>\n
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A legislator from the national legislative assembly criticized the Boda-boda Association in Juba for extorting money from bike riders and ignoring their concerns.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Lawmaker Majak Abraham, who represents Jonglei State, stated that the South Sudan Boda-boda Association is focused on collecting membership fees but neglecting the issues faced by boda-boda riders.<\/p>\n \u201cMy point of information is on an association called South Sudan Boda-boda Association in Juba [but] when our hustling youth riding boda-boda got involved in an accident the association do not support them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He claimed that the association is collecting money without issuing receipts to boda-boda operators.<\/p>\n \u201cThe association demands the resources; they collect from them (boda-boda riders) on a monthly and weekly basis and the (Association) is unable to issue them receipts,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n MP cited that, by law, the boda-boda association was supposed to compensate for road accidents and stolen bikes, however; in the event of such, the bodies distance themselves from obligation.<\/p>\n \u201cI am calling on that self-claimed boda-boda association at least in whatever they do \u2013 they should be compensating those who are getting into accidents on the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTheir motorcycles are being stolen on a daily basis at gunpoint but the self-claimed boda-boda association is collecting money from them and each and every time they go silent,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Reacting to the matter, the speaker, Jemma Nunu Kumba directed to specialized committee for Transport to follow up with the South Sudan Boda-Boda association.<\/p>\n \u201cThe committee on transport should follow up on this,\u201d said the speaker.<\/p>\n Some Boda-Boda operators have accused the Boda-Boda Association in Juba of colluding with the police to arrest the motorbike drivers and force them to obtain membership ID cards.<\/p>\n The association states that motorbike drivers must pay a monthly subscription fee. However, bike riders complain of receiving little or no benefit in return for their membership.<\/p>\n Boda-boda riders are also required by law to wear fluorescent jackets, helmets, and carry logbooks with them at all times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By William Madouk A legislator from the national legislative assembly criticized the Boda-boda Association in Juba for extorting money from bike riders and ignoring their concerns. Lawmaker Majak Abraham, who represents Jonglei State, stated that the South Sudan Boda-boda Association is focused on collecting membership fees but neglecting the[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":26926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-central-equatoria-state","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Courtesy-photo-9.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26925"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26927,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26925\/revisions\/26927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}