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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Imanyara",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 22,
        "legal_name": "Gitobu Imanyara",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister has not done proper investigations. From his preliminary statement, this aircraft was flying at just over 8,000 feet in a mountainous area and yet, the pilot should have been flying over 9,000 feet to have been able to get to Kericho. Could he confirm whether investigations can be deemed to be fair when they are supervised by the same department that is supposed to ensure our airspace is safe? In 2002, this House in reaction to the mass sacking of air flight controllers passed a resolution and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government was the then Minister in charge, requesting the KCAA to reinstate those employees because they did not have enough qualified personnel to ensure air safety. That was not done. When this House was passing the amendments that created the KCAA, it was a condition inserted in the law that the KCAA reinstates those sacked workers in order to maintain air safety in this Republic. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Director-General, in total contempt of this House, refused to reinstate those people. The High Court of Kenya ordered that they be reinstated. However, they were not reinstated. As a result, we are short of air flight controllers who ensure air safety in this country and those who are there are not qualified. Can there be an investigation under the direction of the current Director-General when he is on record as having contributed to the lack of air safety in the republic? Can he ensure that the Director-General steps aside while this investigation is continuing, so that investigations can be independent and give us an accurate statement regarding the death of our two colleagues in this House? Lastly, if he is not so satisfied, could the Chair consider directing the relevant Departmental Committee to carry out a proper and thorough investigation and come back to this House within two weeks, so that we can get a fair report on the circumstances that led to the death of our two colleagues? The nature of the information we are being given in this House is just a technical information drawn from the manuals and it does not relate to the human nature and elements that clearly caused this accident and does not address the issue. Could he ensure that the Director- General of KACA is relieved of his duties?"
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