Date Posted: 1/21/2015 8:55:29 AM
Posted By: IKUBANO Membership Level: Silver Total Points: 119
Bodaboda originated from bicycle business some years back along Kenyan-Ugandan border. The bicycle was then used as the means of transport, ferrying both people and goods over longer distances.Currently, bodaboda has shifted and dispersed all over Kenya, with motor bikes being the main transit vehicle. However, motorists plus their bikes have had impacts on the social, economic, political and by far changing the lives of many citizens as either positive or negative.Impacts of bodaboda businessPositive1. The living standards of people have been raised. It has been an income earner for most families.2. Eased the movement of people and goods as they offer door to door services.3. Has created job opportunities as well as self employment for many youths across the country.4. Improved administrative duties e.g local chiefs and village elders can access places where 4 wheels couldn't, thus easier to hold barazas.5. Motor engines have enhanced irrigation as they pump water. Such innovation is what enables farmers to make double income with one motorbike. Negative1. Insecurity- thugs, robbers and terrorists take the advantages of easily accessing motorbikes and thus causing harm to innocent people.2. Accidents- unqualified motorists are the prone ones to such accidents, facts stating that motor bikes cause more accidents than normal vehicles.3. Health hazards- over-speeding without proper ride gear causes lungs failure.4. Truancy- Lazy students end up working as motorists and drop out of schools.5. Pollution- both air, noise and to a far extent, the water pollution.
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