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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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    "content": "appointee were to be removed the current KAA MD would actually have been number four; of course that was out of no fault of her own. I think this increment will increase accountability and make it possible for us to make the board to be able to discharge its functions in an accountable manner to the people of Kenya and in an open and transparent way. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have looked at the proposed amendment to the Air Passenger and Service Charge Act, and my view is that it is not enough to apportion only the charge for external journeys between the KAA and the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA). I think even the charge for domestic travel should be apportioned. I say this because the KCAA sits in a very awkward position. A lot of people are not aware that KCAA is actually the regulator of the aviation sector, but it faces the very unusual situation where most of the operators in the sector are actually bigger than the regulator and this is very awkward. You look at the issue, for example, of landing fees. At the moment, most of the landing fees go to the KAA, which is nothing more than a facilities manager. Landing is not just the tarmac. In fact the bigger part of landing involves instrumentation. So, really I intend that as we go ahead I will be proposing amendments, so that the apportionment of these fees is bigger because we need to empower regulators. The moment regulators are toothless there is a problem. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the proposed amendment to the Postal Corporation of Kenya Act is a very interesting one. Those of us who went to school in the 1980s will remember that one of the slogans when you went into the post office used say that: “Nothing can replace the post office”. However, we now know that with the advent of e-mails, skype and social media the Postal Corporation of Kenya, or “Posta” as we know it, is actually in danger of being obsolete. I will even be proposing, and we had done it as the Departmental Committee on Energy, Communications and Information, that the Postal Corporation of Kenya be like in other countries where postal corporations actually also engage in passenger services. So, that proposed amendment is good but I will go ahead and propose a further amendment. On the employment Act, discrimination on marital status clearly is un- constitutional and that amendment is good. We proposed amendment to Anti- Counterfeiting Authority. I am of the view that this amendment should not be on this Act. We have had serious problems with this Act. You know for instance the issue of death from alcohol is a result of counterfeiting. I think we need to remove this amendment and do more comprehensive amendments to the Anti- Counterfeiting Act. The proposed amendment to the Salaries and Remuneration Act; clearly, this House must oppose this amendment in total. If you look at the Constitution, the functions of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission are to set a regular review on remuneration and benefits of State officers and advise the national and county governments on the remunerations and benefits of other public servants. What the Salaries and Remuneration Commission has done is consistently wielded outside this mandate, and by making them full time employees we will be giving them the opportunity to raid in the areas which are not within their responsibility. On the proposed amendment to the Political Parties Act; I believe this Act needs more comprehensive amendments. Party discipline is a must if democracy is to be The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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