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    "id": 76131,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "26 Tuesday, 23rd November, 2010 The Minister for Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, Mr. Mbadi did request one Statement, but I have broken it into two because he referred to two different entities. I want to start with the one on Kenya Airports Authority. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to make the following Statement on the names, qualifications and experience of the general managers of the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) as requested by Mr. Mbadi. Currently, the KAA has the following general managers. The first one is John Thumbi, General Manager for Finance. Qualifications as requested: five years served with KAA; 13 years served before joining the KAA. He has a Bachelor of Commerce. He is a certified public accountant and a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya. Lucy Mbugua is the General Manager, Marketing and Business Development. She has served the KAA for five years. She had worked for 15 years before joining the KAA. She has a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing, has a postgraduate diploma in sales and management; she worked with NCR in Dayton Ohio, USA; she is a member of the Marketing Society of Kenya, among others. The third General Manager is Ken Vincent Kaunda. He is the General Manager, Human Resource Development. He is five years with the KAA. He worked for 18 years before joining the KAA. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Government. He has a postgraduate diploma in human resource management. He is member of the Kenya Institute of Management and the Kenya Institute of Human Resource Management. The fourth General Manager is Stanley Mutungi. He is the General Manager, Security Services. He has been with the KAA for five years. He had served for 30 years before joining the KAA. He did a KIA course in 1994 and a staff course at KIA in 1995. He took an administration of criminal justice course in Japan in 1995; he also undertook a command course in 1996, among others. The two management positions, one in engineering services and ICT, are currently vacant and will be advertised soon. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Minister for Transport appoints the managing director according to the KAA Act. This matter has already been settled by this House. The Ministry then provides the general oversight over the Authority as per the KAA Act and is not involved in the recruitment of staff below the managing director level. The employment of the senior managers is the responsibility of the board of directors. We believe the authority has hardworking staff, and I have not found any reason to question their professionalism or efficiency. When the contracts for those currently working at the authority are over, their positions will be advertised and interested Kenyans will be free to apply for the positions. That rests the matter for the KAA and I wish to proceed to the second matter on the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA). Mr. Mbadi sought a Statement on the appointment of the Managing Director of the KPA and I wish to state as follows. The former Managing Director of the KPA, one Mr. Mulewa, was dismissed for gross misconduct by the board and an acting managing director was appointed. The acting Managing Director was in office for about six months, when the chairman of the board raised the issue with the Minister. The board was concerned that owing to the role of the authority in the economy of the country, and the entire region, the position needed to be filled expeditiously."
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