Omar Mwinyi Shimbwa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: to fully liberalize the air fares including awarding licenses to other operators to make air travel affordable as a result of fair competition. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Kenya Airways is among ten airlines which are operating the domestic circuit in the country. Others are summarized as follows: - Kenya Airways domestic and international flight and their office inception is 1984; their hub is Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The other one is 748 Air Services; this is a charter air services which was incepted in 1994. African Safaris Airways; this is a tourist flight and the hub is in Mombasa among ... view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: preserve of the developing countries. For instance, a study by snider and Williams in 2010, done in the United States of America, found that passengers pay higher fares at airports, where a single carrier controls a high fraction of traffic. Further in the year 2000, the United States Congress enacted the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for 21st Century which in part sought to remove barriers to entry and promote competition in the airline industry. Indeed, the study which focused on the effectiveness of the Act, found that one of the impact of legislation that Congress enacted ... view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: gets to enjoy the convenience of air travel that is still a preserve of the rich. Indeed, cheap domestic travel would have a multiplier effect on our economy through increased trade, domestic tourism, reduced wastage of man hours and the decline in road mortalities. To further this course and ensure Kenyans reap the possible benefits of air transport, the Government needs to also provide incentives to other carriers to join the domestic aviation industry while at the same time the Government must withdraw any support to Kenya Airways that only serves to ensure that the common mwananchi does not access ... view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Civil Aviation Act provides for the functions of the Authority which include among others, licensing of services, establishment and maintenance of a system for registration and marking of civil aircraft, advise the Government on matters concerning civil aviation, certification of aircraft operators, performing economic oversight of air services, protecting consumer rights, environment and ensuring fair trade practices. You will notice that the KCAA is not performing these duties. It is also sad to note that the regulatory body which is supposed to be over-sighting all air services in the country, including the protection of consumer rights environment and ensuring fair ... view
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. First of all, I would also join my other colleagues to say thank you so much for the way you have conducted the business of this House with decorum. The way you have protected us when need arose--- I also wish to say the following on the referendum issue, I would actually urge my colleagues to leave it to Kenyans to decide. Let us try to have trust in Kenyans. They are already mature, they are educated and they can actually make a decision. Therefore, let us not waste a lot of time in meetings to ... view
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: The other thing is about health. I, as a Member of Parliament, sometimes am very helpless. You find people in dire need of health facilities and we are just watching as if nothing is actually happening. I think we must stop this thing. It has there when we had the central Government; right now it also there and we want to blame one another. We have our neighbouring countries here, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and the rest. We have never had any time that doctors have gone on strike in those countries. It is only in Kenya where such problems are ... view
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: On the issue of our Deputy President going round the country doing H arambees, I think this is also something that we should discourage. view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I have a public Petition by the residents of Changamwe Constituency on the land meant for expansion of Moi International Airport, Mombasa. The undersigned, on behalf of the residents of Changamwe Constituency, Mombasa County, draw the attention of the House to the following:- view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: That, in the 1970s Plot Number 122 23/VI/MN belonging to the natives of Bokole in Airport Ward, Changamwe Constituency, was taken by the Government for the purpose of constructing residential houses for the workers of Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited (KPRL); That, this was supposed to be compensation to Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited for a piece of land they had given Kenya Pipeline Corporation (KPC) for construction of their offices and Pump Station No.1 That, the land the Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited had given to the KPC was about 20 acres. The land KPRL was given was about 100 acres, of ... view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: That, Changamwe Constituency is one of the 60 constituencies in the Republic selected to benefit from the national Government’s plan to establish new technical, vocational and educational training projects, and that these projects may not commence due to lack of public land for the same. Noting that money has been set aside for construction of the TIVET by the national Government to the tune of Kshs40 million and the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) is to contribute Kshs10 million for the construction of the polytechnic. That, Changamwe CDF has allocated Kshs40 million for the construction of primary and secondary schools, libraries, ... view