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    "id": 1341529,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1341529/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okello",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Taking the cue from my friend, Hon. Kiarie, it is an absurdity that we have an airline that we ought to be proud of as a nation, which is incurring losses year in, year out. Something needs to be aggressively done. All Members of Parliament in this House travel with Kenya Airways flights. Every time we fly, the aircraft is full. I want to believe that they do not transport us as charity. It is also not out of convenience that Members use Kenya Airways flights. We pay for them. It is not just the Members of Parliament, but everyone else who gets in their flights pays. One wonders where all the money goes. So, there is a problem somewhere. If it is managerial or interference by certain powers that be, we need to get to the bottom of it. If those who have leased aeroplanes to Kenya Airways are demanding more than what they should get as their dues, we all need to know this, otherwise, we have competitive airlines within the region that are going to take the business away from us. It will be a tragedy for Members of Parliament and the general populace to be using other airlines to the detriment of our own. Kenya Airways needs a complete overhaul so that we can inject new impetus into its business. I am very concerned. I hope the Cabinet Secretary for Roads, Transport and Public Works - Hon. Kipchumba Murkomen - will bite the bullet, call silver its rightful name and make amendments where necessary so that as a country, our airline can start to be a going concern. I thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute."
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