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    "id": 960181,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Pokot South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Pkosing",
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        "legal_name": "Losiakou David Pkosing",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to reply. I take the first opportunity to thank my Committee. It was not easy to process all these within the timelines, but my Committee has very able Members, as you can see from the explanation by Hon. Kemosi. I thank my Committee for giving their all for the country. I urge the House to agree with us. Maybe I was not understood and I want you to understand me. I was not understood when I was explaining something on the CBA. I will endeavour to bring that CBA to you. I had a good opportunity to interact with that CBA for six months when we were trying to find out the problem that bedevils Kenya Airways and the cancellation that you heard Hon. Kemosi allude to. They have a very difficult and complicated CBA. Without fear of contradiction, we are leaders. We are like doctors. When we see something bad, we will say it as it is, whether people like it or not. It is very complicated. I am not on either side - the pilots or the management. We are not talking about salaries. Let me give you this example. The CBA only recognises three types of fleets, namely, Boeing 787, Boeing 737 and Embraer. What if we expand and get an Airbus? We will have a big problem in this country. We better face the truth. We have a big animal that will choke expansion. If the House agrees with us and we approve this, with the current CBA, we will have a problem in scheduling the connections that we are talking about. Let me tell you the truth. I will be very honest with the House. I will remain honest and truthful to the law and the principles that they need. The goodness is that the CBA is under negotiation. That is why both sides, the management and the pilots, should not take forever negotiating and blocking expansion. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, within this week, I will bring that CBA to you because I know you are able and have helped me in my Committee on a number of other issues that we have dealt with. There is a problem with the current CBA in terms of expansion, whether you look at it in terms of adding more fleets or networks. There is a problem. When you see it, at least, I will have absolved myself. With those few remarks, I thank the Members who have contributed. I beg to reply."
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