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    "id": 829965,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/829965/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13184,
        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 48 (1), I rise to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Roads and Transport on the state of Isiolo International Airport. In the statement, the Committee should- (1) State the reasons why the standards of an international airport, most specifically, pertaining to the runway and facilities, were not adhered to in the development of Isiolo International Airport. (2) Give reasons as to why the Government has not expanded the runway of Isiolo International Airport so that it is able to accommodate large aircraft. (3) Explain measures being taken by the national government to improve the facilities at the Airport such as crucial cargo shades for cargo planes to make it possible for the aircraft to land and take off? (4) Sufficient lighting to make it possible for airplanes to land and take off at night and an inefficient tower, all of which have been hindering the operations of the airport. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is a matter of concern and saddening at the same time that some of the infrastructural projects that we have been told are going to be major enablers of economic development in northern Kenya, are, in fact, cosmetic. An international airport should be at least 3 kilometres long but the International Airport of the so called Isiolo International Airport is only 1.5 kilometers long. So, the result is that Kshs2.7 billion went down the drain yet we do not have an airport we can call an international airport. It could perhaps, on paper, be referred to as an international airport but in reality, it is far from it. The runway is less than half of the required length of an international airport."
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