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  • 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: (iii) What was the rationale of forming a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to run the SGR yet China Road and Bridge Corporation is capable of running the same? view
  • 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
  • 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to second the Report by the Chair. As a Committee, we interrogated in depth how we can bring KQ back to its feet. We interrogated various stakeholders because KQ is 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. view
  • 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: the “Pride of Africa” and Kenya. In the earlier 1990s and 2000s, KQ was making a lot of profits and, indeed, it was earning this country very huge revenue. But, suddenly, KQ’s progress was hampered and that is why currently in Kenya, we do not have a carrier which plies many routes in Africa and the rest of the world. view
  • 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: As a country, we are losing the competitiveness of KQ and the market share to other competing airlines like Ethiopian Airlines, Rwanda Air, Emirates, Morocco Airlines, South African Airlines, among others. Ethiopian Airlines currently operates 153 destinations and has a fleet of 100 aircraft. KQ has a fleet of 40 aircraft and only plies 53 routes. In the early 2,000, Kenya Airways was plying more routes than Ethiopian Airlines. But since there was a spirited effort by the Government of Ethiopia to bring Ethiopian Airlines into wellbeing, these days in this region, Ethiopian Airlines has taken most business which was ... view
  • 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Yes, it goes to pay bills like paying for… view
  • 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: It goes to pay parking fees and other bills which can be exempted by the Government of Kenya, if it was fully owned by the Government. That way, Kenya Airways will come back to its feet. There is need to protect our competitiveness in the aviation sector and, more particularly, to bring KQ into wellbeing. This can be achieved through nationalisation of KQ by the Government buying out the shares of the private owners and hence making KQ a national carrier as it was before. It is recommended and I support that the Government establishes an aviation holding company with ... view
  • 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I second. view
  • 2 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to bring to the attention of this House that in the last few days, there has been a behaviour by some Members of this honourable House during various functions, particularly during development projects--- They try to portray some Members of this honourable House as if they are not Hon. Members. 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. view
  • 2 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: This happened recently in my constituency. This escalated to other constituencies in Nyeri and Murang’a counties the other day, when Members were initiating different projects. Some Hon. Members whom I do not know whether they fear competition or have ulterior motives have been interrupting the said meetings and making the crowd to heckle some Hon. Members. This happened in my constituency two weeks ago when we were launching a development project in a school, where I had already given Kshs3.2 million in the last one year. Without my knowledge, some Members had brought together some members of the public who ... view

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