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    "id": 682748,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kubai Iringo",
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as the Mover was saying, some air travel agents or some aircraft operators have gone to the extent of running their businesses like matatus or the vehicles we have on the roads. Sometimes, people lose their luggage in those aircrafts and are delayed without any apparent reason. This is the case and yet there is no apology or compensation. Sometimes people are mishandled by the staff. With these new rules, we will need to put more professionalism in the operations of aircraft. The opening of new routes, and additional direct routes, is also a very important aspect of these amendments. Most of the time, especially with the Kenya Airways (KQ), there are routes or destinations you have to detour or get a connecting flight to get there. Sometimes somebody takes almost 20 hours to get to his destination whereas if there was a direct route, you could take much less time or even half of that time. For example, if you are to fly to New York or Washington DC from Nairobi, you have to go through Europe or the Middle East. This takes a very long time. If you want to travel to Namibia and Botswana, you have to travel to Johannesburg and then connect to Windhoek or Botswana. If we pass this Bill, businesses will thrive. For example, we are looking for a market for miraa. We have managed to get some market in Namibia but we cannot transport the commodity there. We cannot transport miraa through Johannesburg to Windhoek because it is a perishable commodity. If we get a direct flight from Nairobi to Windhoek, which will be a two or a two-and-a-half hour flight, we will open that trade. We will also create business for our people."
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