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    "id": 696391,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/696391/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gethenji",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Ndungu Gethenji",
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    "content": "In addition, we are very privy to many instances of malpractice by the airline, the management, the commercial department, the under-pricing, the loss of revenue and the stripping of assets. We bought several planes; wide body jets for the purpose of growing the airline in Africa to make Kenya and the JKIA a hub in the continent so that we can channel traffic into the interior. What do we do? We strip those assets and sell them to other airlines and yet we have paid for those airlines as a nation, the National Treasury and as a public. Those assets are now being sold at a loss to the public. What is happening? We have narrow body aircraft like Embraer being brought. We are flying an Embraer to the Middle East and South Africa. How will we compete with other airlines which are flying Dreamliners or A300-330s? How will we compete? Why pay US$550 or almost US$1000 for a Business Class seat to fly to the Middle East and yet you can pay Emirates US$700 for a seat that is like a bed? You can lie down and be very comfortable. Here, you sit and you cannot even be comfortable. There are people who have medical conditions. These people need comfort when they are travelling long distances because they are susceptible to the Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT). This is a medical condition that occur when people fly long distances in aeroplanes. So, there is insensitivity on the part of the management on how they perform and their practices. That insensitivity is borne out of a conflict of interest."
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