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    "id": 578972,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/578972/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nassir",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2433,
        "legal_name": "Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir",
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    "content": "pass budgets. The Government is a 29.8 per cent shareholder of KQ. A total of 26.73 per cent shares belong to KLM in Kenya Airways. The balance is held by private shareholders. When that Kshs4.2 billion was given out, what deal was signed? What was the input? Are we getting extra shares as the Government? Are more shares being liquidated? Has KLM dissolved it shares? Hon. Speaker, one of the things that we want to seek deliberation with you as well is that the Executive should not hide behind the Standing Orders of Parliament by continuously saying that they cannot appear before committees, and then seek an extension of another term and another. They are hiding behind the shadows of Parliamentary Standing Orders. So, we seek your guidance as well in terms of limiting the timeframe by which Cabinet Secretaries can answer questions. In 2004, Kenya Airways was doing a turnover of Kshs30 billion, made a profit of Kshs2.75 billion and had 1.7 million passengers. In 2015, it is making Kshs110 billion and we are looking at Kshs25 billion in losses despite having 4.2 million passengers. By 2013, Kenya Airways was ranked number four in Sub-Saharan Africa by the seat capacity and yet, we have the audacity to back up. If we continue in this manner and the National Assembly does not take its proper role and responsibility to ensure that action is taken against the individuals who siphon taxpayers’ money, then future generations will imagine that for one to be a governor, a member of the national assembly or a senator, he or she has to steal money from Kenyans."
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