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    "id": 734363,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wamunyinyi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 291,
        "legal_name": "Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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    "content": "KAA is also charged with the responsibility of providing such amenities or facilities for passengers and other persons making use of services or facilities provided by the Authority as may appear necessary or desirable to the board. Finally, it approves the establishment of private airstrips and control of operations thereof. KAA manages four international airports namely Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Moi International Airport, Eldoret International Airport and Kisumu International Airport. The Authority also manages four other domestic airports namely Wilson Airport, Malindi Airport, Lokichoggio Airport and Wajir Airport. It also manages two airstrips namely Ukunda and Manda. The Authority is also in the process of upgrading airstrips in various parts of the country. Currently, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is the largest airport in East and Central Africa. It also serves as the hub for the region. Due to the growth of traffic at the airport, KAA embarked on an ambitious facility expansion and improved programme geared at expanding and improving the airport infrastructure with the aim of positioning it as a major aviation hub in the continent. This includes the development of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Terminal 1A which culminated in the tender for the development and management of duty free master concessionaires. Following the reports on alleged malpractices in the award of the tender for the development and management of duty free master concessionaires, the Committee in its sitting held on 26th February, 2015 resolved to inquire into the matter pursuant to Standing Order 206. To develop an understanding and contextualisation of duty free contracts, it required the Committee to undertake some historic trace of duty free shops concessions signed by KAA. To this end, the Committee resolved to not only inquire into KAA’s tender for development and operations of duty free shops under a single master licence at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Terminal 4, Tender No. KAA/193/2003/2004--- It was also to trace the genesis of duty free contracts from 1989 to date. The Committee specifically sought to inquire into the following matters as they relate to the duty free shops contract at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. That was termination of the 1989 duty free shops contract between the Government of Kenya (KAA) and World Duty Free. The Committee also inquired into negotiations for settlement with KAA following the eviction of the World Duty Free from the KAA premises in July, 2013 and the current status of compensation to World Duty Free shops following the August, 2013 eviction. The subsequent 16th September, 2013 press release at the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure headquarters; the current status of all the pending court cases between KAA and the World Duty Free and finally, procurement process for the tender for the development and management of duty free retail master concessionaires at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. A number of meetings were held in the normal way as we undertook our operations as a Committee. The Committee conducted a number of meetings between February and December 2015. It held 16 sittings to receive and examine both oral and written submissions from 11 witnesses who appeared as mentioned in this Report. Some of these witnesses included the leadership of KAA including the Managing Director and the Council, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, the Director-General and the World Duty Free Shops. The records of evidence and adduced documents received by the Committee which form the basis of the Committee’s observations and findings as well as recommendations are outlined in the Report and can be found in Parliament Library. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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