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    "id": 696473,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Simiyu",
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        "legal_name": "David Eseli Simiyu",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the reason KQ decided to privatise the cargo arm was because the aim of the people who had taken over KQ was to run it down. They were going to do that by increasing the cost of air tickets, air freights and such costs. So, definitely, they were going to make losses in the cargo handling. So, they had to let that one go first, so that it does not reflect too soon. They sold it off and anybody would have bought it at that time. I remember at that time, I was approached to buy some shares in a group that was interested in that privatisation. So, trying to connect Raila Odinga in this is just vintage Duale. There is nothing to it. However, the biggest blame is to the Government. All this is happening with KQ being taken as a national carrier and nothing is being done about it. Instead, what is being done is that they keep on approaching Parliament to keep on voting for money for KQ which is a private entity. Why? Because some of the people high up there are scared that when KQ collapses, their misdeeds will be discovered and they would not like their misdeeds to be discovered at the moment. So, they would like to take national resources through this Parliament to KQ to keep it afloat somehow, so that it does not fall under their watch. Immediately they are away, they will let it fall. Hon. Duale started telling us something about the ownership of Jambojet and he stopped somewhere. He was dead scared. He could not tell us who owns Jambojet. He cannot tell us because those are part of the people who are fleecing KQ. If, indeed, we are serious on investigating KQ, it will bite more on the Government side than the Opposition side. It is good for us to set up a Committee to investigate this scandal."
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