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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Githunguri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the ratification and approval of the East African Community (EAC) Multilateral Agreement on Aircrafts Accidents and Incident Investigations. In 2000, we woke up to the news of an aircraft accident in Abidjan. We lost over 431 citizens of the world. I had a relative who was on that flight. The pain and anguish that most people went through trying to recover information concerning their relatives and loved ones that were on that flight and many other flights is something that I do not want to narrate. First of all, there was language barrier between the countries. We also had distance barrier, logistics barrier, attitude barrier, expectations and many other procedures that are hidden to a normal local Kenyan when such incidents happen. For example, we were told that we cannot call a certain office; we have to go through ambassadorial lines that have to be queued at different times. Take note that we do not share with some of these countries the same time zones. This is a long-awaited Agreement that we needed to have. There was a time that we lost Members of Parliament in an aircraft accident in Marsabit. I think it was in 2014 or thereabout, if I am not wrong. We lost the Hon. Mirugi Kariuki and many other colleagues. At the time, I was a radio broadcaster. I remember how we struggled to get information on what happened because it was in the mountains of Marsabit. I am very excited because we cannot assume that by fact that we are part of the East African Community (EAC), we share all aspects like time differences, language differences and distance. We cannot also assume that the protocol used in Kenya is similar to that used in The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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