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    "id": 851044,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/851044/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13162,
        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
        "slug": "moses-otieno-kajwang"
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, in Homa Bay County, we have an airstrip that requires to be expanded. The airstrip in Homa Bay measures about 1,100 metres, but with these measurements, it cannot handle large aircraft that can carry our fish and send them directly to New York. It can only handle the 13-seater aircraft. In a conversation with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of one of the airlines that are flying to Homa Bay, he tells me that all we need to do is expand the runway by an additional 500 metres and that will allow cargo and bigger planes with tourists to land, who can then go and visit Ruma National Park and all the other beautiful blessings that God has given us in the county. However, the challenge to that 500 metres expansion, is twofold. First, a budget from the Kenya Airports Authority (KPA) has not be forthcoming and the communities living around the airport have demanded that they must be compensated for the land because that was their ancestral land. They have settled and buried their loved ones in that area. When Kenya Airports Authority (KPA) comes, it makes an offer that at best is ridiculous, of Kshs100,000 per acre, whereas in other parts of the country, they are offering close to Kshs1 million per acre. The people of Homa Bay County are demanding that there has to be some equity and fairness in consideration and compensation. That has stalled the expansion of an airport that has got huge potential on the economy of that area, if it was to be opened up."
}