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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Iringo",
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "which comes to public domain, for example, a certain dignitary has been mishandled and so on. These things could be covered, but because they know we will always go with their planes, they end up giving the travellers a raw deal. Hon. Deputy Speaker, to change flight with Kenya Airways is a nightmare. It is a big problem. The agents will throw you left, right and center and at the end of the day you are told to cough more money which at times is almost equal to the fare of the flight. If we had other competitors in the field, I believe they could check on this and air travel would be cheaper. Travelling by air is no longer a luxury, but a necessity these days. This is because of diversification of people’s operation. People would like to do business in one town and sleep in another town or vice versa. With liberalization of air travel, it will be easy to travel and transact business. When you look at our airstrips, they are very few. There will come a time when if you travel, you have to take a vehicle to the next town. I will propose, on the same token, that we have as many airstrips as possible. We have an airstrip in Isiolo which was constructed way back, that is, 10 years ago. The runaway was done, but nothing else has been done since then. Somebody somewhere is sleeping on the project yet the project was initiated to alleviate the problems of people travelling to Mt. Kenya region, especially Meru and Isiolo. When we travel to our constituencies, we have to budget for three or four hours to get there yet if we had these facilities, it would take us 20 minutes to 30 minutes to land there, do business and even come back to Nairobi. This airstrip was also done so that transportation of miraa could be made possible and faster. It would also save us from road accidents and the hustle of driving on the roads at terrific speeds. However, nobody has taken it seriously. This is because somebody wants to remain relevant by reaping money from Kenyans through a monopoly. If there were other players in that field, then it would be easy for this business to flourish. If we have other players in the air field industry, this will create employment. Many of our youths have gone to school and are learned, but they are still tarmacking. If we had other players in this air travel industry, I believe we would be employing more people, thereby alleviating the problem of unemployment in this country. This will also make the fares go down. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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