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    "id": 919982,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/919982/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwingi West, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Charles Nguna",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Charles Ngusya Nguna",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the opportunity given to me. This topic is coming at a time which is really good for us. I used to be a financial director in one of the most profitable companies in the world, Etihad Airways. I would like to support this Report based on what the Committee has recommended. One, the Committee did a lot of work and I would like to appreciate that. However, it is good to note that before anything that KQ proposed to do, we must first of all nationalise it, so that we can be proud of it. When you visit cities in the world, may New York or London, and see KQ, you always feel proud. The pride is the best thing you can have when you are travelling to other countries. When you see KQ in Amsterdam, you always feel like you are at home. When you see KQ anywhere, you always feel Kenyan at heart. We need to nationalise this airline. First of all, we must shed light that KQ is not Government-owned. It is not even Kenyan. The KLM has the majority shares. At the same time, Air France owns KLM. So we have myriads of ownership with this kind of arrangement. Nationalising this airline is going to help Kenyans. I was very happy to see the Chairman of the Transport, Public Works and Housing Committee on one of the local stations making these recommenditions. I was very proud of him. Whatever presentation you made, I do not even need to read this Report to support you. We need to, first, nationalise the airline. Secondly, all the Committee proposals, like to take over KAA, can be achievable. It has been done by the Emirates and the Etihad Airways. The airline, first of all, has to be Kenyan. It is very important for us to own it. Kenya Airways is just a name, but owned by the Dutch and the French. I would like to laud one of the key things the Committee has proposed. Upon the nationalisation of KQ, the Government should review the aircraft leasing agreement. Leasing is one of the thorny issues at KQ. Majority of the aircrafts are leased. There is a lot of interest in the leasing agreement that KQ entered into. That is why most of the debts are being incurred by KQ. The Kenya Airways made a mistake when they were doing fuel engine which is one of the strategic things you can initiate in an airline. Fuel has always been an issue. The procurement department of KQ needs to be organised. Most of the commodities supplied to KQ are always overpriced and the airline is struggling to make profits. The other thing that we need to look at is the issue of rewarding agents. Agents are key. Whenever you walk to an agent anywhere in the world, they always influence the decision of which carrier you are going to fly. When I saw the KQ policy, they have not revised their agents reward system. So upon the nationalisation, we need to sit down and operationalise a lot of things, including fuel engine and leasing agreements. We need to review them. We need to review the agents reward system. We need to do many things. 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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