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    "content": "conditionalities for those who are to undertake this process of revamping this airline. There must be accountability if we have to put in the US$1 billion. We must track, if necessary, how the money was lost in the place. Those who bear the greatest responsibility must take responsibility. We have given our faith to Mckinsey because they have undertaken similar processes before. They have given us an 18 month window upon which we might want to see results. At the moment, Kenya Airways is sitting on shaky ground. It will default on its debt repayment. Therefore, it is necessary not only for us to act swiftly but also in a manner that demonstrates a certain resolute of the nation to revamp Kenya Airways with certain conditions. Tied to Kenya Airways are other strategic investments. We are expanding and have given Kenya Airways Terminal 1A. This is investment from the taxpayers. There are many other strategic investments that are taking place that build around Kenya Airways. It is necessary that as we revamp Kenya Airways, we speak to these issues, that there are massive investments by the Kenyan people and, therefore, if we need to bail out Kenya Airways, we must do so on our terms, not on the terms of the management. The management is going around thinking that it is easy to incur a US$300 million of lose. They are going around saying: “We are trying to sort things out.” Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we must acknowledge that we saw a beautiful element of Kenya Airways. When Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o, Sen. Orengo and I were taken to the Kenya Airways Pride Centre and the headquarters, we must acknowledge that, that is an airline which gives us so much pride in terms of its infrastructure. That is why we need to salvage the airline. Letting the airline sink is not an option for the Kenyan people and the taxpayers. It is important as we think through the process of revival, that we look at the issues of human resource. We must bring down the adversarial relationship and refinance the Kenya Airways in an adequate format, as the Chairman has alluded to. We must ensure that we mitigate the massive legal issues that surround Kenya Airways. We must also interrogate the management decisions that were made in terms of the Mawingu Plan. Further, we must ensure that we reconstitute an airline that is a First Class Business model that responds to the market. We keep hearing that Ethiopian Airlines is unique. We will never do what Ethiopian Airlines does because Kenya is a free market economy and democracy. A democracy responds differently to challenges of business and, therefore, you cannot constantly give excuses for failures. We heard that the Emirates Airlines is part of an economy and that a particular airline is supported in a particular way. It is important that we mitigate the excuses. If we need to continue with Kenya Airways we must be confident that we will deal with it in the contextual reality that it is operating in an arena where there are competitors who have different political and economic realities. Finally, the issue of pricing is not negotiable. Kenya Airways must be competitive to grow a homegrown client base. For those many remarks, I beg to second."
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