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    "id": 960178,
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    "speaker_name": "West Mugirango, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Vincent Kemosi",
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        "legal_name": "Vincent Kemosi Mogaka",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also wish to support the Motion in respect to the agreement of air services to the countries of the Hellenic Republic, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Seychelles and Finland. As you realise, in Kenya, we do not have direct air services linking Kenya to these counties. This one has definitely hampered the movement of people among these countries. It has also been difficult to exploit the potential in this country in terms of exploiting the market and trying to access the jobs which could be available in these countries. Kenya Airways is a national carrier, which has been in operation for so many years. Although it is facing some challenges, Kenyans pride ourselves with it. In the early 2000 and even before, Kenya Airways had several routes. It was flying to several routes in the world, but when it started having problems, they narrowed down their air services. This has also caused a very big problem in terms of movement. Accessing most of the countries or most of the routes in Africa has become a very difficult venture, in that somebody could want to travel to some countries which instead of going through other destinations, somebody can fly directly to them. An example being that the nearest route to Botswana will only take somebody three hours to fly directly from Kenya and get back in three hours’ time. However, since 2016 when Kenya Airways terminated the route to Botswana, somebody has to go through South Africa and then come back to Botswana, which takes about five hours against taking about three hours and back. Another route is accessing countries like Turkey, which is a main partner with Kenya in terms of business. If you have to go through Amsterdam or other routes, you will take about eight or so hours to get to Turkey. However, if you were to fly directly from here to Turkey, it will take you five hours to reach there. So, this Motion is very important. If we adopt this Report - and I am very sure we are going to adopt it - opening these routes will definitely signify the attractiveness of Kenya for business in terms of tourism. It will also promote trade and by so doing, we will grow economically. The agreement will also further enhance connectivity, international trade and jobs as well as accelerate the economic development of this country, which is very important. The agreement will definitely expand the route network and we will directly fly to those countries. However, my only reservation is one: Will Kenya Airways be able to exploit or will it really fly 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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