Captain Clement Muchiri Wambugu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support the Bill. view
• 11 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you. I support the amendment. As we recognise that this is a devolved function, we impress on the CoG to closely coordinate with the former Ministry in charge of fisheries to implement some of the programmes, especially in areas which are not close to water bodies and around mountains, where we produce a lot of fish for export. We hope they are going to do that. I beg to support. view
• 11 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me a chance to contribute to this Bill. First and foremost, I congratulate the Leader of the Majority Party and even the Jubilee Government for bringing this Bill at this time. The amendment Bill which is before us is on civil aviation and it is good to mention that within the aviation industry we have two sectors namely civil aviation and military aviation. We are dealing with civil aviation and we will talk about private operations, commercial operations, international air operations and international air navigation. This Bill, as already stated, is trying ... view
• 11 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: The enactment or passing of this Bill will give us an opportunity to have direct flights to places like the USA and the advantage with that is that air travel is going to be cheaper. It will also open up other things like getting better deals and signing more agreements with other airlines from other countries, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and air service agreements with other countries. The USA direct flights will also strengthen Nairobi as a hub within this region. view
• 11 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, those people who have gone through the Vision 2030 know that it envisages to make Nairobi a hub within Africa. It is also good to say that Nairobi or Kenya, as a country, is well positioned or strategically placed. Because of this we can take up all the traffic that goes to Europe from this region. This is also possible because we have many highly qualified personnel such as pilots, engineers, radio maintenance engineers, flight dispatch and cabin crew. The passing of this Bill will act as a motivator for the growth of this industry within ... view
• 11 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: As we do that and because of the increase in air travel within this region, there are other challenges that will come into place. That is why a Bill like this needs to be enacted as soon as possible. Issues of security and air safety need to be looked at very critically. view
• 11 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: When we talk about security, we mean the growth of terrorism in the aviation industry, hijacking, interference of ground equipment and interference of other facilities en-route as you fly. To enhance security, we need to install better equipment for civilians who go through airports. This is equipment that will detect harmful substances even before people get to airport areas. We even need equipment that can detect hijackers or terrorists before they get to an airport and when they are within towns. To do this, the country will require a lot of money especially for the KCAA. The introduction of the ... view
• 11 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: There are very many functions that fall under the KCAA. We have air crew licensing; licensing of airdromes; inspection of airdromes which include international airports, airstrips and other privately owned airstrips; provision of air navigation services; air traffic management which is provided by air traffic controllers and installation of radars. As of now, the world is now moving from ground based equipment to satellite based navigation. That is where Kenya should be going. view
• 11 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: I believe that if we allow the KCAA to control air passenger tax, it will boost it. Eng. Gumbo, in his contribution, talked about a very sensitive issue on the shortage of personnel within the KCAA. There is acute shortage of staff in the Airworthiness Division which carries out inspection. As a result some airstrips and airports in the country have not been inspected for a long time. view
• 11 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: In the last Parliament, I came to this Floor to urge members to increase funding to the KCAA so that it could acquire an aeroplane which could take their staff to inspect airstrips. The Authority could also inspect the crew because we have some rogue crew members who operate without licenses. Unless we facilitate the KCAA to do that, our industry will go down the drain. view