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    "id": 867681,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/867681/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Luanda, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Christopher Omulele",
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Omulele",
        "slug": "christopher-omulele"
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    "content": "from Ukraine to Italy, you will have an economy ticket at about USD200. Some of our African countries have entered into agreements with these European air operators where they enjoy those kinds of waivers on charges. People who fly from Ukraine all the way to Cairo in Egypt pay fares as low as USD200, which is a distance almost a continent away. However, when you fly from JKIA to Cairo, you would be lucky to pay Kshs100,000 which is equivalent to USD1,000. It is a question of Africans first. We must come together as Africans and find a way to open the skies by putting in place an open sky policy. This is what we must have. We must urge our Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing to put together the players in this field, so that this agenda must be pursued, if Kenya Airways and African air operators will revive. Otherwise, the field is tilting. The European operators will always have an advantage where they operate in Europe which is open for them. Africans put themselves in steel jackets where we say our Kenya airspace cannot be approached by operators from Tanzania. Today, we have questions about the Burundi Government questioning why our budget airline will access its airspace. If we want to build Africa, our economies and airlines, this should not be the case. We must open our skies in an open sky policy."
}