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"speaker_name": "Pokot South, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. David Pkosing",
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"content": "The third, fourth and fifth recommendations in our report touch on the proposed amendments, should this Report be adopted. Those are the legal provisions that we are seeking to be able to operate the new institution. This is going to be historical. Therefore, those recommendations touch on the specific parts of legislation that we will be seeking to move should the House adopt the Report, so that we can operationalise that very important institution. The sixth and very important recommendation further clarifies some of the recommendations that we are making so that we can even uplift the national carrier, which I will explain in detail in a short while. Of particular importance in this recommendation is that, out of what is called air passenger service charge, we are proposing that 20 per cent of it should be ring-fenced and committed for purposes of maintaining the other airstrips. There was fear of what happens with the other airstrips in this country. Therefore, for the first time in history, our Committee has taken a bold decision to help the country, meaning that if we make JKIA international to raise our resources; those resources which are going to be raised from that facility will benefit the whole country. By doing so, the responsibility of making JKIA perform best is the entire responsibility of the country and the resources coming from JKIA should be shared across the country so that the country develops in a very uniform manner. Recommendations 7 and 8 are again the same recommendations that seek further amendments to various pieces of legislation which Members will see in the Report to operationalise this institution that we have proposed. The important question after mentioning that is: How did we reach there in terms of having those recommendations? I want to share with the House that you guided us when this issue was introduced in the House, particularly when we had a problem with the PIIP by KQ to KAA. It brought a lot of uproar in the country. Therefore, you gave directions and you really guided the House and the nation that my Committee seizes the matter and in so doing, you directed that we look at policy issues and compliance with due process of law. You also went ahead and directed that we look at issues that are of concern to the people of Kenya as espoused under Article 95(2) of the Constitution. Therefore, we subjected our inquiry to the criteria you gave us. If you look at our Report, it is chaptered along the items of your guidance. We delved into the matter. We called for the PIIP and it was brought to us and we looked at it. What was it about? It was very brief. Just to summarise for the House, the PIIP said that KQ should take over JKIA. In other words, taking over the resources of JKIA. Questions were raised: How would that help KQ and even the country? Using the criteria you gave, we conducted one of the most extensive public participations that we ever had. We brought in the Ministry, KQ, KAA, KCAA, Treasury and the Attorney-General. We also brought in unions that protect staff of KAA, KCAA and KQ. We also brought in the pilots. We had the best opportunity to interact with the pilots. What were we looking for? We called the Ministry and told them: “This PIIP, in our understanding as a Committee, is a strategy for you to answer something, which is a gap in policy”. So, we asked them: “What did you want to achieve as a Ministry and as Government that you are using PIIP to address?” It would allow us to see whether that would be the best strategy. When the Ministry appeared, they gave us a very sad picture of aviation. This is very critical. Our Committee looked at it from the aviation point of view rather than reducing the matter to KQ. When you reduce it to KQ, it becomes a debate and we lose direction. So, we looked at the policy direction of the Ministry. We saw a very bad picture of our aviation industry. I want to share with the House the evidence that we found showing that, as a country, we are losing in aviation. 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."
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