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    "id": 1341553,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1341553/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Buuri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mugambi Rindikiri",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this ratification. This is not a matter of Kenya Airways. It is a matter of the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority working in conjunction with the 198-member countries that are bringing these amendments. They are in terms of air transport and management, security, financial responsibilities, crisis management and matters of air transport and shared responsibilities. The Kenya Civil Aviation plays a significant part in the management of airspace in this country. There are too many issues that we have to take into account when it comes to managing the civil activities in our airspace. Therefore, Kenya is being called upon to rectify the membership from 36 to 40, Articles 50(a) and 56, which call for Air Navigation Commission membership from 19 to 21. This is an essential ratification for Kenya to become a global player in civil aviation management. Kenya will benefit from other countries regarding airspace management because we have shared responsibility, like the satellite the aircraft uses in flight. Kenya Airways benefits from these conventions because it is our air transport carrier. The reason why Members are agitated is because Kenya Airways has failed us as a State. This is because, despite being a member of the Chicago Convention, Kenya Airways has had all the privileges to fly into any of the 198-member countries, but because of limitations caused by poor management, it has not been able to benefit much from this Convention. Therefore, I support that this House ratify this amendment. I urge Kenya Airways, wherever they are, to hear the concern of Members that the declining performance is causing a lot of concern in this country. Sometimes, it does not make sense to be part of these conventions if we are not benefitting as a country. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I support."
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