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    "id": 1193801,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1193801/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13599,
        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
        "slug": "sifuna-edwin-watenya"
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will if it is of any comfort to my colleague. As a lawyer, I am very much aware of the sub judice rule. We know that the matters that are dealt with by the Employment and Labour Relations Court are labour related. They deal with disputes between the employers and the employees. What I am addressing in my Statement are historical issues surrounding the management of the national airline and the general relationship with the employees. So, allow me to proceed. Further, the union has raised other grievances that touch on matters of safety and security that should not be taken lightly, especially by this House. Sen. Mungatana will be comforted in knowing that this is not a matter being litigated in the Employment and Labour Relations Court, namely, the non-adherence to various Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) Regulations, most importantly regarding the requirements that airlines should continue having a valid Air Operator Certificate (AOC). The pilots have also pointed out that the perennial loss made by the airline is not a result of industry-wide problems but internal ones, primarily, poor management. Indeed, this has been their chorus over the years for over a decade, yet their concerns are being dismissed as they are issued with ill-informed ultimatums. The country will thereafter wait for Kenya Airways (KQ) to release another report showing loss again next year, then waste more time debating why this is so, or worst still, offer or request for bailouts from the taxpayer. According to the pilots, gross incompetence, dubious business strategies, including poor leadership that has failed to speak to internal customer who is the employee, to reverse this trend, are to blame. As I conclude, just two months ago, KQ reported a first half loss of Kshs9.8 billion. For a full year 2021, the loss was at Kshs15.8 billion, while the previous year, it had been Kshs36 billion. I know that for the past three years COVID-19 has been a major factor in world travel. However, the airline has accrued losses over the past nine years. So, COVID-19 alone cannot be used to explain year-on-year losses."
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