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"content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for making those comments. I thank the Members who have contributed to this Motion. I want to assure them that the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing has already taken up the matter with Kenya Airways. We are concerned with the losses that they are making year in, year out. We have even told the Cabinet Secretary that this is a matter that needs the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Authority (EACC) to move in. We have more than four aircraft that are lying at the Airport. One aircraft costs more than Kshs3 to 4 billion. You can imagine the interest that the loan is accruing. While buying those airplanes, those people knew very well that they had no destination to take them. They just bought them because they wanted kickbacks, which they got. My Committee has been very concerned about this matter. We feel that the people who were there before, namely, the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the former general The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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