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    "id": 1625837,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1625837/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Davis Chirchir",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport",
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    "content": "Thank you and sorry about that. Hon. Speaker, the straight answer is that we will embrace investors to come in, but the biggest challenge is the land compensation. This is because, like I said, to be able to bring big planes into Malindi, some of the charters, we need to extend the runway to 2.4 kilometres. That is the primary challenge. If we were to concession the airport and give away to an investor to rebuild Malindi Airport at the current 1.4 kilometres, we would not have corrected the challenge. We need to expand the runway to be able to land big planes. So, the priority which is top on my desk is to do land compensation, and I think we are doing significantly well. Like I said, I just visited that airport not very long ago, I think in the last three months and I met the leadership on the ground. The aim of the visit was to address the question of expansion of the runway. Putting up a modern building is not a big challenge. Recarpeting that second runway, which is in state of disrepair, is not a big challenge, but we need to get it to 2.4 kilometres. Therefore, the big challenge to bring investors is more of the land acquisition and paying the project affected persons, so that we can expand and bring the big planes, which today would land in Mombasa and transport the tourists by road. So, allow me, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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