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    "id": 867756,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/867756/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Pokot South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Pkosing",
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        "legal_name": "Losiakou David Pkosing",
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    "content": "Defense and Public Relations. This agreement lies squarely with the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing. It is domiciled in the Department of Transport. When you are dealing with transport issues, by extension, you are dealing with the Ministry of Transport. If you are dealing with Kenya Civil Aviation (KCA), it still falls within the Ministry of Transport. So, all the negotiations in these agreements are within the purview of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing and not the Departmental Committee of Defense and Public Relations. So, I want to assure hon. Members that this matter is properly before our Committee. Hon. Members were arguing that these negotiations should have taken a faster process like the one before us of 2008. I would like to assure the House that these treaties are not just pluck-in and pluck-out. They are serious. They have serious ramifications if they are not scrutinised properly. That is why it takes some time so that we really take these issues seriously and we do not end up approving or signing something that is contrary to our values as a country. Therefore, time is required for proper negotiations so that by the time it is reaching us, then it has been done properly. So, I assure the House that this was done properly. Maybe in future, it will be a little bit faster but this time was taken for negotiations. Another issue that I have also taken note of is that this industry is properly and fairly regulated. Air transport is seriously regulated. That is why nothing can happen before the approval or signing of this ratification. I agree with the House and Members who have made positive contributions to these Agreements. Finally, I ask your indulgence that you do not put the Question now and using Standing Order No. 53(3), you consider deferring the putting of the Question. With those few remarks, I beg to reply."
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