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    "id": 1094896,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, I wish to notify the House that I have received a petition pursuant to Standing Order 225(2)(b) and Article 119 of the Constitution. The petition is that there is an organisation known as the East African Tour Guides and Drivers Association of P.O. Box 26176, Nairobi and it is calling for the entrenchment of the definition of “tour guides” in the Tourism Act as well as the inclusion of a tour guides’ representative in the Tourism Board and other tourism related boards. The petitioners introduce themselves as an association that represents trained and licensed practising tour guides and drivers within Kenyan and East African touristic circuits which is mandated to undertake advocacy, training, skills development and sustainability of tourism partnerships and collaboration. They decry the fact that the Tourism Act of 2011 fails to recognise tour guides as exemplified by the fact that it does not define who a tour guide is, thereby affecting professionals who engage in this industry in terms of remuneration and capacity building. This lack of recognition is additionally blamed for their non-inclusion in the Board of Directors of the Tourism Board. Consequently, Hon. Members, the petitioners seek the intervention of this House in amending the Tourism Act of 2011 so as to define tour guides as is the case in Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania. The petitioners also seek the amendment of Section 32(1)(f) of the said Act to include tour guide associations as part of membership of the Board of Directors of the Tourism Board and of other related boards. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 227(1), this petition stands committed to the Departmental Committee on Sports, Culture and Tourism. The Committee is requested to consider The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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