Patrick Makau King'ola

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Member for Saku is always here complaining about bandits, about how his people are being killed and about how the administration does not take care of his people. Mavoko is about industries and factories. The reason I am standing here as a major stakeholder to this is that London Distillers is a major employer in Mavoko and if it were to be closed, very many people will suffer. That is why I have passion about this because I know the history and the genesis of this problem. As I was highlighting, the complaint came from ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, Hon. Owen Baya Yaa in particular sought to be informed on the following issues: (i) Plans by the Government to carry out a vaccination programme for the tourism and hospitality workers, particularly in the Coast region. (ii) Whether there is a tourism recovery plan in place including marketing campaigns and public relations strategies with a view of reviving the tourism sector. (iii) Measures the Government has put in place to cushion the tourism sector players, businesses and investments in the tourism and hospitality industry, including but not limited to waivers and amnesties on tax, tourism licences and ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: diverse source markets and segments. I also seeks to put in place measures to ease travel into Kenya through recognition of PCR COVID-19 test certificates and lobbying for timely lifting of negative travel advisories, undertake aggressive marketing campaigns in new international source markets such as China while maintaining and improving presence in traditional source markets, and provide incentives for our domestic travellers and develop carefully assessed and selected tourism products for niche markets such as birding, game viewing of rare and unique world life such as dolphins and white rhinos, among others. This include mountain-climbing and running with marathoners, strengthening ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: About five minutes. view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, you know this is the response of the Cabinet Secretary. I may not summarise because it is written. Let me try to mention the highlights. The Ministry, through the Tourism Finance Corporation, disbursed economic stimulus funds to the sector players comprising of hoteliers, restaurant operators, tour operators and tourism attractions sites to the tune of Kshs2 billion in the 2020/2021 Financial Year. The Kenya Tourism Board was allocated Kshs1 billion for innovative and targeted marketing campaigns, and they undertook the following activities – The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: (i) Launching of the Magical Kenya Signature Experiences Programme in February 2021. We have had 29 new experiences which were enlisted into the Kenya Signature Experiences Collection. To date, there are 24 diverse and authentic Kenyan travel experiences for travellers to pick from during their next holiday in Kenya. Additional promotions have been undertaken over social media platforms, webinars, emails and newsletters in key source markets locally and internationally for the last one year. (ii) They have engaged in safety travel digital campaigns. Travellers and investors alike are keen on their safety during this period of the COVID-19 Pandemic. They ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Member had sought more than seven Statements and I was just going through them. view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am sure the Member has been given a copy of the response. I invite him to go through it. In case he is not satisfied, the Cabinet Secretary will be coming to Parliament on Thursday. He can seek further clarification from him. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I hear you, but I must admit that when the Cabinet Secretary was in, it was during the recess period and Hon. Baya never turned up. view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: It was two weeks ago. My secretariat tried to reach him, but they said he gave an apology and could not make it. Secondly, I agree with him partly. I know this particular Cabinet Secretary. He does not respect summons from our Committee, but this time round, he came. However, one thing I want to appreciate is that Hon. Baya comes from the Coast. The Cabinet Secretary also comes from the Coast. I hear they have a caucus for tourism. I invite him to invite his brother to sit down and address this pertinent issue. However, on Thursday, the Cabinet ... view