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    "id": 867723,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ijara, PDR",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sophia Noor",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sophia Abdi Noor",
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    "content": "access to the Kenyan market. What does this mean for the Kenyan Government? It means an opportunity of expanding relationships with various countries and getting opportunities of business amongst countries. It will create jobs for our youths who do not have opportunities. It will offer market for Kenyan products in the various countries that we are going to enter into agreements with. We will expand our tax base. The Kenyan Government will conduct a lot of activities as a result of these agreements. The bilateral agreement regulates the rules of the airlines, ownership, routes, frequency and the capacity of the flights of national carriers. This may also include issues of provision of services, the ground handling services and others. This bilateral system is based on the Chicago Convention which has regulated the international air space since December 1944. It is as old as that. It is important that we adhere to regulations that have been signed and be proactive in getting access to other markets. As we are debating this Motion, there are no carriers that operate scheduled flights and services to and from Jordan. Similarly, there are no airlines that have scheduled air services from Jordan to Kenya. The Jordan authority has, on several occasions, requested our Kenya Airports Authority to sign formal agreements so that it comes into force. Again, Bahamas has no scheduled flights to Kenya. Equally, Kenya does not have scheduled flights to Bahamas. But, Bahamas has finished its internal constitutional and legal regulations. They are ready to enter into a formal agreement with Kenya. So, we are asking our Kenyan Government to immediately take that opportunity and enter into agreements with countries that have finished their constitutional and legal procedures. Kenya Airways is being overtaken by Ethiopian Airlines. Kenya Airways was the Pride of Africa. Unfortunately, if it continues the way it is… If you go to the Ethiopian International Airport and see the kind of traffic that is there and compare it with Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, you will be shocked. So, it is high time the Kenyan Government takes a proactive role so that we are able to get opportunities of getting markets and agreements signed between our country and others that are ready to enter into business with us. We, as a country need, to be very serious. We need to seize opportunities that exist. We, as a country, must also look for alternatives. We must not always think of the traditional way of doing business. We must proactively think outside the box, so that we can actively engage with all the other countries that we enter into agreements and partnerships with, so that they can come and do business with us. We need that business."
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