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    "id": 1193839,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wakili Sigei",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I equally applaud the Senator for Nairobi City County, Sen. Sifuna, for the Statement that he has brought before the House today. This House was out in the course of last week and a number of Members complained on what they went through coming back to Nairobi. The matter of KQ is bigger that the Statement by Sen. Sifuna and what the Members here have contributed. When we speak about the strike, I look at the strike beyond the terms and condition of service of the pilots. What we have read in the media and seen on Television (TV) is less than what we ought to know from KQ. We have already been fed a lot by the media on this issue. It is a high time that this House and Parliament at large go beyond investigations. This is so that once and for all, the challenges that the KQ has exhibited over time are resolved. It is not enough to say that this is a matter that falls within the Standing Committee of labor and Social Welfare or the Committee on Roads and Transportation. I am aware that there have been meetings convened by the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works as well as by the CS for Labour and Social Protection, jointly with the two groups in a bid to resolve the issue. I also know that those meetings have borne no fruit if we are to go by anything that we have received in the media. If this House is keen to get beyond what we are reading, it is the opportunity for us a Parliament to make sure that KQ is investigated beyond just the strike. I believe that, when such an institution fails to perform, especially where, as the Sen. Osotsi has stated, Parliament previously has also made similar reports on the same issue. It is not something that began yesterday. It has been there. Do we want to keep run the cycles of the committees of the House sitting whenever strikes are called? Going on strike is a constitutional right. They have a right as members of a group or a coalition to fight for their rights. The employer equally has the same right. As this House seeks to wade into their grievances in a bid to solve the issue, we should go beyond the strike and what we are currently reading. Otherwise, I support this Statement so that this House can help this important entity in the Government of Kenya."
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