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    "id": 1115262,
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    "speaker_name": "Pokot South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Pkosing",
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        "legal_name": "Losiakou David Pkosing",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing on the Ratification of the Bilateral Air Services Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kenya and the Government of the Russian Federation, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 30th September 2021 and, pursuant to the provisions of section 8(4) of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, 2012, approves the Ratification of the Bilateral Air Services Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kenya and the Government of the Russian Federation. Again, I thank you for this very fundamental opportunity to open our country again to other parts of Europe because these agreements are more or less the same. I was arguing with the Office of the Clerk to allow me to move all of them together but they told me they are two different Reports and I obliged. This agreement is asking for permission for airlines designated by the Russian Federation to come to our country and vice versa . As Members earlier suggested, this is even more special than the other two - South Africa and Botswana - because our airlines have been flying to South Africa and vice versa, but there is no direct airline between our country and Russia. So, it is really fundamental or historic and so, if this House agrees with our Report, we will make history and Kenya Airways or any other Kenyan Airline will fly directly to Russia and its airspace. But before I delve into that, let me deal with the fundamentals of what this agreement is saying. The gist and meat of this agreement is found in Article 2. In this case, Article 2 says: (1) Each party grants to the other party the rights specified in the present agreement for the purpose of establishing agreed air services on the routes specified in the Annex to the present agreement, herein under called the agreed services and the specified routes. (2) Subject to the provisions of the present Agreement and its Annex, the designated airlines of each party, while operating the agreed services upon the specified routes, shall have the following rights— (a) To fly across the territory of the State of the other party without landing. (b) To make stops in the territory of the State of the other party for non- traffic purposes. (c) To make stops in the territory of the State of the party to take on board and discharge international traffic passengers, cargo and mail separately or in combination at the points specified for the routes, making use of the traffic rights agreed between the aeronautical authorities as established in this Agreement. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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