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    "id": 1193809,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1193809/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda, SC",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to weigh in on the Statement by Sen. Sifuna on the KQ pilots’ strike that is currently going on. This is a matter that we must speak to because of the public interest and the shareholding in KQ, and the fact that this an entity that often seeks for bailout from the Government every time. Therefore, it is the ‘hustler’ or the poor individual out there in the counties who suffers when a bailout of Kshs15 billion or Kshs20 billion is ordered in favour of KQ. We have been told, and the Senate Majority Leader will confirm, that on a daily basis KQ is losing a whopping Kshs300 million because of the strike. The Kenya Airline Pilots Association (KALPA) has asked the management to negotiate and settle the questions. I can remember the pilots’ Chairman saying yesterday that the money that has been lost in the past four days is sufficient to meet all the needs of the Association. The deliberate action of firing staffs or pilots at KQ and ignoring demands for transport safety are issues that not only concern the pilots, but the public at large. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support Sen. Sifuna’s Statement that this is a matter of public interest and should be referred to the Committee. The Committee should not only"
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