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    "id": 220398,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/220398/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mwakwere",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 189,
        "legal_name": "Chirau Ali Mwakwere",
        "slug": "chirau-mwakwere"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The circumstances which led to the crash of Kenya Airways Flight KQ507 are not yet known. Article 26 of the International Civil Aviation Organisation Convention provides that:- \"The State in which the accident occurs shall institute an inquiry into the circumstances of the accident\". A commission of inquiry was initiated on 18th May, 2007, by the Government of Cameroon. Kenya as the State of registry and State of operator has accredited the Director of Accident Investigations Department in my Ministry to the inquiry. The final report of this inquiry will enable stakeholders and interested parties, including the public to know the circumstances which caused the crash of Flight KQ507. (b) Yes, I hereby give an undertaking that the accident report of Kenya Airways Flight KQ507 will be tabled in the House as soon as it is finalised and officially presented to the Government of Kenya by the Government of Cameroon. Regarding the Kenya Airways Flight KQ431 accident, which occurred in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, in 2000, the Government of Kenya did not receive the final report from the Government of Cote d'Ivoire. Chapter 6, Annex 13 of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Convention gives guidelines on how the investigating authority will handle the final report. In the case of Kenya Airways Flight KQ 431, the investigating authority was, and is, the Government of Cote d'Ivoire Clause 6.4 of the same Convention provides as follows:- \"The final report of the investigation of an accident shall be sent with a minimum of delay by the states conducting the investigation to the state that instituted the investigation, the state of registry, the state of operator, the state of design, the state of manufacture, the states having suffered fatalities or serious injuries to its citizens and any states that provide relevant information, significant facilities or experts.\" In this case, Kenya is the State of registry and State of operator. Mr. Speaker, Sir, whereas we are yet to receive the official report on the accident involving Kenya Airways Flight KQ 431 in accordance with the ICAO convention, we strove, as a country, and succeeded to get the French version of the accident report."
}