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    "id": 1048418,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatangi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Paul Kimani Wamatangi",
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    "content": "First, I think that we must make agreements that we are ready to keep as a country. If sit down and have a team that will negotiate either with an airline, an international group or with another government, let us also have a team that is ready look at the document. It is important to append your signature to the agreement if convinced you can keep it. If you find that it is either oppressive or there are areas that you do not want to keep, then do not sign it; annex them out. That way, we will not have this kind of thing. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when I wanted to fly to Turkey, I was informed that for me to apply for the visa, I could only do so through the Turkish Airline. That meant that if I applied for the visa through the Turkish Airline, I must also fly on the Turkish Airline. The question of countries protecting their own is not new. Many countries protect their own and with good reasons. We need to bring out causes of these things. The KQ still has a lot of work to do. We had debate on the Floor of this House as to why the Government is going out of its way to give the them Kshs25 billion because they are going under or not managing their things right. Although we love them carrying the Kenyan flag of black, red and green high in every nation, we have to tell them to do what all the other competitors are doing. The KQ has to raise their game and standard. I have personally had a bad experience with them when I had flown to London using a ticket that had been issued by Parliament of Kenya through the Procurement Department. On the day I meant to fly back as was indicated on my return ticket, I got to the check-in counter and was informed that I could only fly the next day in the afternoon. I urged them to read what was on my ticket, but they refused and insisted that their systems indicated that I could only fly the next day. I was forced to pay for a return ticket with my own money as I could not wait to fly the next day. That is not interesting. I remember also how I had to wait in Paris for 18 hours one time while flying with the KQ. If those are the kinds of services they are offering how can we expect to be competitive. I expected Sen. Wetangula to speak more because he has fallen victim to the mistreatment by the KQ. As a popular Senator who is known all over the country, there was a time Sen. Wetangula was disembarked from a plane by the KQ just because he was not carrying a national identity card. Sen. Wetangula was embarrassed and left behind by the plane. He is a former Minister of this Republic and he deserved more respect than he received from the KQ."
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