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    "id": 493846,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/493846/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Shimbwa",
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        "legal_name": "Omar Mwinyi Shimbwa",
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    "content": "gets to enjoy the convenience of air travel that is still a preserve of the rich. Indeed, cheap domestic travel would have a multiplier effect on our economy through increased trade, domestic tourism, reduced wastage of man hours and the decline in road mortalities. To further this course and ensure Kenyans reap the possible benefits of air transport, the Government needs to also provide incentives to other carriers to join the domestic aviation industry while at the same time the Government must withdraw any support to Kenya Airways that only serves to ensure that the common mwananchi does not access domestic air travel. In conclusion, I would also like to reiterate that it is very unfortunate that Kenya Airways has benefitted tremendously from the Kenyan taxpayers especially in the period between 1995 when it was wholly owned by the Government of Kenya and continuous to work tirelessly to stifle competition and to keep a majority of our people out of air transport. I may also want to point a few things about the KCAA. This is a body established in 2013 by an Act of Parliament, whose object and purpose is to economically and efficiently plan, develop and manage civil aviation, regulate and operate a safe civil aviation system in Kenya in accordance with the provision of the law. Article 7 of the 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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