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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Opiyo",
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        "legal_name": "Jared Odhiambo Opiyo",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. From the outset, I want to say that this Motion was long in coming. I think that if and when this House makes a resolution, it should be followed to ensure that something is done. You realize that for the last few years technology has advanced. Even the need for increased speed in doing business is also there. That is why sometimes a businessperson who wants to do business between Kisumu and Nairobi would prefer to travel by air rather than by road. This is because they want to maximize on time. What we are saying essentially is that air travel is no longer a luxury. It has become a necessity that we must live with. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, because of monopoly in air transport in this country, it is difficult to know what the air fares are. Sometimes you make a call when you want make a booking and in a span of one hour that fare you were told will have doubled. We need to have a more or less fixed cost of travelling with small variances. Sometimes if you, unfortunately, miss your flight, you will pay close to double the airfare. This is a bit unfortunate. It makes air travelling look like something from the space, yet it is not. Because of the monopoly of Kenya Airways in air transport in this country, even the staff working for Kenya Airways do not treat some of their clients very well. There is a time we were travelling as a Committee to Mombasa. There were many Committees travelling and a chair of a Committee was molested by a small girl who was at the clearing desk there. I got worked up knowing very well that, that was an old hon. Member of this House who should by any chance be known by every person in Kenya. Even if they are not known and they have declared their personalities, I do not think it is 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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