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    "id": 919587,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/919587/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Pokot South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Pkosing",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Losiakou David Pkosing",
        "slug": "losiakou-david-pkosing"
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    "content": "The Committee further noted that taking into account Kenya Airway’s (KQ) financial status and the current lack of competitiveness in Kenya’s aviation industry, the Government and the people of Kenya stand to lose the most in the event that the trend is left unchecked or to continue, noting that KQ’s debtors enjoy a sovereign guarantee of up to Kshs75 billion. Appreciating the policy adopted by the Cabinet through a Cabinet memo with regard to consolidation of the country’s aviation assets and re-establishment of Nairobi and Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) as a competitive international aviation hub, the Committee recommends the following: (i) That Kenya airways be nationalised. (ii) The Government establishes an aviation holding company with four wholly-owned subsidiaries; namely, (a) JKIA company incorporated to manage JKIA as an international hub and offer ground handling and catering services; (b) KAA with revived mandate of managing the remaining airports in this country and airstrips. Under its new mandate, KAA shall maintain at least one serviceable airstrip in our 47 counties for purposes of security, health and other emergencies like delivering of examinations or election materials. (c) The third subsidiary under this aviation holding company is KQ as our national carrier and pride. (d) And fourth subsidiary is that we have a centralised aviation services college. At the moment, they are scattered here and there. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}