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    "id": 615350,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I want to thank the Chairperson of this Committee, Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o. I have never seen the level of dedication and commitment that I have seen from many who chair committees. He was always there on time. This Committee did a lot of investigations and went out of its way to call a number of people from the various sectors and went through the paperwork. Therefore, this Report is very comprehensive and a good effort that we have put together as Members of that Committee. We are addressing an issue that is very important because we are talking about “the Pride of Africa,” no longer being the pride of Africa and the circumstances where others did not sink. For example, why were the market forces against Kenya Airways and not other airlines that were able to thrive? This means that there were certain specific wrong decisions that were made at specific times and the Report outlines this well. The redundancy issue of 2011 and the way it was done has been outlined. It was de-motivating for the workers who remained. We heard stories of workers who were informed that they had been retrenched when they were in the air and in other countries and were expected to fly back. This even became a security issue for those who were left behind, because they were not sure whether they would maintain their jobs. Therefore, this created a situation where the human resource became a critical issue and took the airline even further down. There were cases of hiring of foreign workers for certain routes in Thailand, Ghana and Cameroon, when there are locals who can be hired. This was against the clear law that says that you cannot hire from outside when you have labour from within. This created a huge wage bill and problems with the union because most people who were offered employment externally were not members of the union. This created the problem. 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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