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    "id": 1193818,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Onyonka",
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        "legal_name": "Onyonka Richard Momoima",
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    "content": "I thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir, for allowing me to engage myself on this matter. Without casting aspersions on Sen. Kinyua, I want him to know that it is true that we are on this side, but we are giving them time to try and fix the mess. We could not have rushed last week, on Friday, when the strike started. Secondly, I happen to share one or two friends of mine with you. One of them is a pilot, and he is also your friend. He is actually my brother. His message has been very simple; Kenya Airways (KQ) lost it about 20 years ago when we bought airplanes, but nobody knows who owns them. We went into contracts where people and companies are the ones servicing the airplanes, and nobody knows who they are. He further said that KQ lost it when there was a unilateral decision to reduce the pilots without consulting the members of the Pilots Association. These are things they need to deal with and I am glad that Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda, SC and Sen. Sifuna also share the same view. Kenya Airways needs much more than a court case. We need to have a Commission of Inquiry that will bring all the players and stakeholders together to look at what is happening in KQ. This airline was doing very well about 15 years ago. When you ask who the owners of KQ are, you will never be told. Nobody knows the contracts that were signed when the Embraer airplanes were bought from Brazil. Nobody actually knows who owns those airplanes till today. The issue of KQ is similar to the agreements that were signed on the provision of private power suppliers. I am sure you remember that story. The owners finally came out and left the market after that. These are the same cartels. This House should follow up and find out what the issues of KQ are. I hope that our Committee on Roads and Transportation will be engaged for them to come up with an appropriate solution once"
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