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    "id": 119604,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/119604/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kenyatta",
    "speaker_title": "The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 168,
        "legal_name": "Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta",
        "slug": "uhuru-kenyatta"
    },
    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I think there is very big misunderstanding about this particular Fund. What this clause seeks to do is to amend the Air Passenger Services Act to enable the Kenya Revenue Authority, which is currently collecting this revenue, to remit the air passenger service charge collected directly to the account of the Kenya Airports Authority. The air passenger service charge is a fee collected to finance development and improvement of the airports facilities, and is, therefore, due directly to the Kenya Airports Authority, which is charged with the responsibility of spending. Currently, the charge is collected and remitted to the Exchequer for onward transmission to the Authority as A.I.A. This process has resulted not only in delay in remission of the fees to the Authority but also--- As a result of the funds not going directly, even when the Authority is undertaking development, because they do not have access to their own revenue, there are constant calls on the Central Government to provide guarantees, which are actually unnecessary since this money is eventually remitted to the Authority and is due to it. The situation is that prior to the introduction of the Kenya Airports Authority, the airports in our country were run by the Ministry of Transport. It was when they were run by the Ministry that the Exchequer used to collect that money on behalf of the Ministry of Transport. When the parastatal itself was formed, this money belonged directly to it. But there was never a change in the Act to allow for direct transmission by KRA to the"
}