{"id":91717,"date":"2023-05-06T18:41:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T18:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/what-are-you-doing-about-kq-losses-cherargey-asks-government"},"modified":"2023-05-06T18:41:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T18:41:00","slug":"what-are-you-doing-about-kq-losses-cherargey-asks-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/what-are-you-doing-about-kq-losses-cherargey-asks-government","title":{"rendered":"What are you doing about KQ losses? Cherargey asks government"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Nandi Senator Samson Cherargey wants the government to state measures it’s taking to arrest losses by national carrier Kenya Airways which stood at Sh38.26 billion by December 2022.<\/p>\n

The senator, who is seeking a statement from the Standing Committee on Trade, Industrialisation and Tourism, said the government should further apprise the House on the current operational and financial status of the airline.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government should outline strategies that the management of KQ has implemented to ensure timely repayment of loans without incurring additional interests and penalties,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He further asked the government to provide reasons contributing to the increasing operational costs of the airline.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government should also state the number of employees, their skills and jobs assigned, and address the concerns that the management has favoured recruitment of foreign workers for positions that could be filled by Kenyan professionals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Nominated senator Veronica Maina termed the situation at the national airline a sad story.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have not seen a company hitting this kind of losses, a whopping Sh38.26 billion, without suffering the fate of bankruptcy proceedings or being wound up. Every moment, this company is injected with public funds without accountability,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Maina added that Kenyans are going for Qatar Airways and Emirates Airlines because of the gross inefficiency of KQ.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the longest time, KQ was the Pride of Africa. It was the leading airline even ahead of South African Airways. It was also ahead of Egypt Air and many other airlines,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

She added that Kenyans have watched the growth of airlines like Emirates Airlines as KQ stagnated.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have also watched Qatar Airways grow and by-pass KQ, which was an airline that was serving the whole of the African Continent,\u201d she lamented.<\/p>\n

Nyeri Senator Wahome Wamatinga said losses at KQ \u201cis not by mismanagement, but by design.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cKQ has continued to make losses because whenever it does so, the money is paid from the taxpayers. It is a way to siphon money from Kenyans,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe same case applies to KenGen, Kenya Power and Kenya Ports Authority,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Wamatinga further claimed equipment owned and hired by KQ belongs to the \u2018who is who\u2019 in this society.<\/p>\n

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