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    "id": 1285688,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Let me comment on the two Statements by Sen. Cherarkey. One is on the Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) teachers. This issue is common in all our counties including my County of Vihiga. The ECDE teachers are going through a lot of challenges. The committee that will handle this matter can ensure that all other counties are looked into, so that we have a permanent solution to the problem of ECDE teachers in our counties. On Kenya Airways, the problem in this country is that we have many ideas on paper, but do not implement. I remember that this Senate took time to look into this issue in a committee led by the current Governor for Kisumu, Hon. Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o. That Report has not been implemented. In the last Parliament, the National Assembly dealt with this matter and came up with a good report, which I have read. It listed the problems and challenges of Kenya Airways. One of the challenges was that Kenya Airways cannot compete favourably with other airlines because they do not have an airport of their own. All major airlines in Africa, for example, Rwanda Airlines and Ethiopian Airlines have their own airports. They do not compete in paying charges with other airlines. The Committee recommended that the solution is to come up with a company that will be a merger of Kenya Airports Authority and Kenya Airways to reduce the cost of operation of Kenya Airways. This report is largely unimplemented. Parliament has a responsibly to ensure that its reports are implemented. It does not make sense to come up with a report and address issues conclusively, and several years later, we come back and restart the same thing. The Committee that will look at this matter should go to the archives and pick the two reports; one by the Senate and the other one by the National Assembly, so that we do not appear like we are reinventing the wheel when we have solutions to these problems. I support."
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