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    "id": 682720,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/682720/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "the same audits carried out by the ICAO and the USFAA Technical Review if a legislative amendment is not made to the Civil Aviation Act of 2013. For us to attain the status of direct flights from Kenya to the US having all the infrastructural facilities, it became necessary after these audits were done that certain sections of the principal Act are amended, and that is why this Bill is before us. The importance of this law in terms of the economic growth for the country cannot be underestimated. The gaps found in the aviation legal framework as currently existing in our country is one of the impediment to the much awaited direct flights between Kenya and the US. This Bill is so important and I would like to ask the House to ensure that we complete it before we go on recess. We would do the country great and contribute to the growth of the airport. When we took over Government in 2013, JKIA was just slightly better than Wilson Airport, but when you now fly to and from JKIA, it is like you are flying out or into John. F Kennedy International Airport, Dubai International Airport or Oliver Tambo International Airport. Those who have no ears and eyes and do not like the way Uhuru Kenyatta looks like will never appreciate development in this country in the last three years. I can confirm that when President Obama came to Kenya in 2015 - the last time he was in Kenya was in 2008 - the moment he stepped out of the Air Force One; he asked whether he was in Kenya. He could not believe the transformation in JKIA between 2008 and 2015."
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