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    "id": 405929,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/405929/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Shimbwa",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Omar Mwinyi Shimbwa",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, aware air transport in Southern and Eastern Africa is growing with three major African carriers; including Kenya Airways Limited dominating international and domestic flights, with international traffic in the region having grown at annual average rate of 6.2 per cent between 2001 and 2007; further aware that Kenya Airways Limited provides 70 per cent international traffic through Nairobi, compared to South African Airways and Ethiopian Airlines, at 33 per cent and 83 per cent respectively in their hubs; noting that Kenya Airways Limited enjoys monopoly in air transport in Kenya, thus determining the rates of fares at will, and that demand for air travel has increased tremendously given that there is no regulatory body in place to supervise and ensure fair opportunity for competition by different airlines, to ensure checks on the excesses of the airline; and that a number of airlines that applied for license to operate domestic flights are yet to be approved; this House resolves that the Government puts in place measures to fully liberalize the airfares including awarding licenses to other operators to make air travel affordable as a result of fair competition. Thank you."
}