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    "id": 1115233,
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    "speaker_name": "Mwingi West, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Charles Nguna",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Ngusya Nguna",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity. I support the ratification of the agreements between Kenya and South Africa, and Kenya and Botswana. I am lucky because I worked for an airline for eight good years during my career. Let me start by congratulating the Committee. If there is a Committee that has been overworking for the last five years, it is this Committee. We have seen the road network expanding in a free, fair and transparent manner. We have seen so many agreements coming to this this House for ratification. Let me congratulate the Chairperson for a job-well-done. Just the other day, we ratified the Air Agreement between Kenya and the United States of America (USA). Let me join my colleagues in supporting the Motion. One of the key issues that I will look at, having worked for an airline for a long time, is the issue of movement from Nairobi to Gaborone. For those who do not know, the Capital City of Botswana is very beautiful. It will boost tourism. We have been using a lot of money to market tourism in this country. So, if we ratify these agreements, it will be easier for us to increase the number of tourists coming to our country. There is also the issue of reciprocal access to frequent flyer programmes. The Kenya Airways has been limited to only Flying Blue with the Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) as one of the members. However, we are seeking more networks for this to be done in order to give Kenya Airways a lifeline. We know that it has been facing very stiff competition locally from the Ethiopian Airline. If we give more access to markets and direct flights for our national carrier, it will give our airline a lifeline. There are many other benefits of embracing code sharing. For example, there are many Kenyan students schooling in Botswana. There are also many teachers and other people who have accessed job opportunities in Botswana. That is why we need to ratify these agreements. There are many benefits we can talk of. I will not raise the issue of commercial opportunities. Botswana is one of the best economies in Africa. It is a medium-income country. So, there is a lot of marketing and benchmarking we can undertake there especially with regards to their mineral exploration, which is better than ours. We can benchmark and learn a lot. With those few remarks, I support the Motion."
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