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    "content": "therefore. Well done, Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o. This is a chronology that leads us to a monumental job as a House. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Kenya Airways is appropriately called “the Pride of Africa.” You, Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o and Sen. Orengo, can recall that in 1996, Parliament wrote off a debt of Kenya Airways of Kshs6 billion to facilitate the privatization – Sen. G.G Kariuki was also in the House at that time – that brought KLM on board. Thereafter, Kenya Airways phenomenally grew to the extent that at one point, it was voted ahead of South African Airline on this continent as airlines were tumbling in Nigeria. Nigeria now has no airline. West African airline, Air Afrique and Cameroon Airline that used to compete with Kenya Airways tumbled. On the whole continent of Africa, we were left with only three airlines that you could talk about; Kenya Airways, Ethiopian Airline and South African Airline. Of course, in the Maghreb, we had the Egyptian Airline. Egypt Air that was nothing compared to Kenya Airways. Today, Kenya Airways is a pale shadow of itself. It has been bought to its knees. Kenya Airways is now limping and bleeding. It is these patriotic Kenyans sitting in this House that will unearth what has caused the airline to reach this level and to resurrect it before it dies off. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the statistics given by Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’- Nyong’o, as he moved the Motion, and Sen. Kagwe as he seconded it, are absolutely true. Emirates, a much younger airline than Kenya Airways, as well other airlines like Etihad and Qatar airlines that started just the other day---. I am sure that you have travelled through Dubai. When you land there, you marvel at what the country in a desert has managed to do in the service industry. Our airport, JKIA, will phenomenally grow if we have a back up national airline."
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