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    "id": 345374,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mututho",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 97,
        "legal_name": "John Michael Njenga Mututho",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this Bill. In supporting it, I want to remind the Minister to even look where the Government has investment, like in the Kenya Airways. The issue of procuring those jets popularly known as “umbria” and ignoring what the rest of the world is doing in terms of going for good equipment such as Boeing or Airbus is in itself retrogressive. It is retrogressive because there are reasons as to why Boeing is Boeing and Airbus is Airbus. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we should allow our own carriers like Jetlink, if it is truly a Kenyan company; the Government should have stepped in to make sure that the company is not grounded. The Minister for Finance should have helped to, at least, keep it in the air because it helped the whole ambience in terms of air travel. Finally, I would like to speak about the workers. The biggest resource in any industry is human resource. I am addressing myself to the plight of the Kenya Airways workers who were retrenched. I tabled a petition here on their behalf. I am glad that the management became wise and returned them to work in compliance with a court order. Some of the stories will never be told but the bottom line is that they are completely messed up by their terms of service. The way the local staff are treated as compared to foreigners is totally different. Our national career should carry our national dignity. We have just got good news that Nairobi Stock Exchange has beaten the stock exchange in Dubai. That is something we should celebrate about. We should also be celebrating the way forward in terms of proceeding to beat Dubai as a free port. Kenya is in a better position and the way forward is to have our own carrier. The Kenya Airways, just like The Emirates, should propel Kenya to the next decade. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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