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    "id": 1094900,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1094900/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
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        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. They are saying that I am a tour guide. It is true because of my background. As a Maasai I have lived with animals throughout my life. Where the rubber meets the road in tourism, which is one of our greatest foreign exchange earner, is the tour guides. Most of the tourists who come to Kenya do not come because of tour conferencing. They do not come because of medical tourism. They come mostly because of wildlife tourism. When they come, those who receive them and are our face are the tour guides. They receive and guide them in their endeavour to see nature and wild animals. Most tour guides are not recognised by law. What they are pleading for is that...The tour guide has been recognised in our neighbouring countries of Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania. Given that recognition you find that those countries are now taking away tourism from us. They act as the link between our country, the international community and international tourists. So, I think their petition is well before this House. The Committee responsible should fast- track this matter so that they are recognised. They should be involved in the Tourism Board because you cannot have a Tourism Board without tour guides and tour operators. I beg to support that petition."
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