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    "id": 678381,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/678381/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13162,
        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if KQ was my private business, I would have fired the CEO by now. Unfortunately, it is not. As a follow up to the recommendations of the Select Committee that this House established, there are a lot of initiatives that KQ has taken up. They have brought in McKinsey and Company Limited to look at the strategic plan. They also brought in Paul J Taubman (PJT) firm to do the balance sheet restructuring. There are also many other initiatives. The fate of the KQ is as a result of the decisions made by the board and the management. The KQ’s board has representation from the Government of Kenya. They are the National Treasury, Ministry of Transport a nd Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development, among other representatives. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is an emerging trend where the directors that represent the Government of Kenya in specific boards, for instance KQ and Mumias Sugar Co. Limited, sleep on the job and Kenyans wake up to the fact that the Government partly-owned companies are in the red yet we have representatives on these boards. What actions have been taken on the directors who are sitting in the KQ board? It is not enough to change the Chair from one to another. If these people sleep on the job, there are sanctions that should be taken. Furthermore, what is the Government’s position on its representation on strategic boards? There is this issue of alternate directors. Are these officers given proper powers so that they look out for the interest of the common Mwananchi ? 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"
}