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    "id": 88961,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. As part of the extension programme, the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has already identified specific areas which will be converted into transit lounges, as a stop gap measure, in terms of placement of the new seats that are coming. Part of that has been in terms of re-configuring even some of those shopping areas. So, there is no problem in terms of where the chairs will be placed. I hope that when all this is done, hon. Members travelling will have an opportunity to see the re-distribution of those seats. In terms of the second part of the question, we are already looking into the leases of all the Duty Free Shops. We are also working on the ones to be taken over by the KAA at the earliest opportunity, even if we have to compensate leaseholders for the unexpired terms of the leases, for purposes of the expansion programme. The expansion programme will involve re-configuring of the entire shopping area any way. So, between now and next year, those shops will not be there. So, it is really a matter of the details of which one gets taken when and gets converted into lounges or used for the expansion programme. We have given very firm instructions to the KAA that airports are not shopping areas, but areas for people to transit to and from one destination to another. Airports are not parking areas, hence you will be seeing many more changes coming, including how you get into the airport and out of the airport. The queues seen at the gates occur because of people paying parking fees, yet airports are not parking areas."
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