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    "id": 461934,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Abdalla",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 382,
        "legal_name": "Amina Ali Abdalla",
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    "content": "There are many Ministries who know for sure that they will go to Geneva three times in a year, but they will not take the initiative to plan that travel early enough so that they can get the best fares at the right time. As we begin this process of ensuring that Ministries adhere to this Motion, I want us to not only move from accepting the use of the Economy Class tickets, but also to ensure that we get value for money and look at the reasoning behind why some of the travel budgets in some Ministries overshoot. Most likely, it will be because of poor planning yet they know well before hand that they will be travelling at a certain period. I would like us to go further and say that the standards that we are going to use in determining whether an officer will travel Business or Economy Class should be those set by the UN and that is what Prof. Nyikal spoke about. He said that for a flight that is more than five hours, you can then consider to travel Business Class, but if it is less than five hours, which will include the bulk of Africa travels, then people can travel Economy Class. With those few remarks, I support this Motion. I look forward for the Committee on Implementation and the Committee on Budget and Appropriations to ensure that this is implemented."
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