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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwingi Central, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Mulyungi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I support the Report on East African Community (EAC) Multilateral Agreement on Aircraft Accidents and Incident investigations presented by the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure. It is good to standardise the operations of aircraft because when you travel, you find that the operations of aircraft all over the world are standard. I think the Chairperson is moving in the right direction to create a standard authority for all the East African Member States so that they can standardise operations of accidents and incident investigations of aircrafts. Instead of us sourcing for expertise from abroad, if the Member States of East African Community congregate, I am sure they will pull resources and make sure that the investigations are conducted locally as opposed to sourcing them internationally. It is not very good to envisage accidents, especially aircraft accidents. It is very traumatising when you enter an aircraft and you are 50-50 that there will be an accident. Therefore, as we create this Agreement, let us also promote safety so that we do not envisage any accidents in future in this era of digital technology. Safety is paramount. I am sure once we create this Multilateral Agreement and member States pull resources together, there will be more training of those who are involved with aircraft services and safety standards in all the member States in the East African Community. They will pull resources to train their staff and develop their capacity so that at no time, in future, shall we have aircraft accidents in the East African Community and the world over. There have been incidents of accidents in the past. We have had issues of compensation with those involved. Therefore, as we deal with this Agreement, the member States should also look at compensation policies so that they are standardised. God forbid, if an aircraft accident occurs - whether it is a boeing or a chopper - the families of the victims should be guaranteed adequate compensation in the event of such an accident. With those few remarks, I support the Agreement."
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