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"content": "NOW THEREFORE, the Senate resolves to establish a select committee to conduct an inquiry into the affairs of Kenya Airways Limited and its subsidiaries, and report to the Senate within three months, taking into account the following- (i) The leasing and buying arrangement of aircrafts since 1996; (ii) The role of off-shore companies in the investment affairs of the airline; (iii) The identity of the share holders of these off-shore companies and their relationship with the management of Kenya Airways Limited; (iv) The employment policies and practices of personnel, including engineers, pilots, cabin crew and ground personnel; (v) The reason for delayed and cancelled flights, their frequency and the magnitude of losses attendant therein; and (vi) Any other matter that may shed light on the financial and management crisis currently facing the airline; AND FURTHER that the Members of the Select Committee are:- 1. Sen. (Prof.) Anyang' Nyong'o 2. Sen. Mutahi Kagwe 3. Sen. Hassan Omar 4. Sen. Daniel Karaba 5. Sen. (Dr.) Boni Khalwale 6. Sen. (Dr.) Agnes Zani 7. Sen. Lesuuda Naisula 8. Sen. Peter Mositet 9. Sen. (Prof.) Wilfred Lesan 10. Sen. Billow Kerrow 11. Sen. James Orengo Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I must be grateful to the Business and Rules Committee (BRC) for scheduling this Motion for debate today under your chairmanship. Since I gave notice of this Motion, I have received a lot of input from Kenyans who are aggrieved with what is going on in Kenya. In fact, many of them work with Kenya Airways, retired or ordinary Kenyans. They have sent me many e-mails and papers pointing out the concerns that Kenyans have about Kenya Airways. One of the e-mails I received today – and I want to quote from it. It says:- “Dear Sir, a note for concern we have, Emirates, Ethiopian and Singapore Airlines are bringing in 747 planes everyday and some even twice to airlift cargo from Kenya while Kenya Airways parks four 777 planes on the tarmac at Kenya Airways for the last several weeks or even months. Their pilots are on leave due to no work. Kenya Airways has three sets of in-flight crew who have been laid off as far as 25 years ago and the cases are still in court. Where is justice? Families have lost hope and suffered in different ways because of this. Leadership is about improving and nurturing and not intimidating society” Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have many e-mails, but I quoted from that one because this is something that affects families; men and women with children in and out of school looking for work. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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