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    "id": 682779,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/682779/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Barua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1529,
        "legal_name": "Ejidius Njogu Barua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to briefly comment on the Civil Aviation (Amendment) Bill, 2016. The key issues of this Bill are to conform to the findings of international bodies involved in air travel, that is the ICAO and the FAA on the technical review for international audit safety assessment category. It is very critical for the nation to have functioning air travel facilities, safe airports and increased connectivity, both internationally and within the country as we fight to have direct flights to the United States, Canada and other countries so that we do not always go through Europe whenever we want to go to these countries. I also want to emphasise the importance of increased facilities that would facilitate air travel within the country. Of late, air travel has become the mode of travel of choice. It would also be very important if we are to open up this country and to have communities across the border connected, from the north eastern, western and southern parts of Kenya. We need to have these facilities, that is, airports and airstrips. For this reason, I want to support this Bill strongly. Some of the issues of concern are consequential amendments which include definition of terms. This is because some terms have been used in the Bill and yet they are not defined. I think it goes without saying that we have to support that to make the Bill more understandable by the people who are going to use it and the implementers of the same. Clause 4 talks about extending the jurisdiction of the Authority to include security. In this age of terrorism, it is good for us to have coordinated safety provisions. It is also good to have an organisation where the buck stops. An Authority that is in charge of an airport and is not directly in charge of security may not take responsibility in the event there is a problem of a terror attack or any other form of attack or accident. Expanding this jurisdiction is important because we are trying to make the airports within our country more secure and more usable by many people locally and internationally."
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