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    "id": 1123152,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1123152/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13373,
        "legal_name": "Owen Yaa Baya",
        "slug": "owen-yaa-baya"
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    "content": " On what measures the Government has put in place to enable fully vaccinated travellers get in and out of the country, the Cabinet Secretary says this is not his mandate. We know that it is not his mandate. However, he coordinates the Ministry of Tourism. Therefore, he should sit with the Cabinet Secretary for Health with a view to come up with a programme to vaccinate people moving in and out of the country. The two cabinet secretaries should be at the forefront in this regard, so that the tourism industry can be helped to get out of the quagmire it is in. One of the questions is what economic measures are available to help stakeholders of the tourism industry, those who are unable to service their bank loans, because the tourism sector went into a slump. There are hoteliers who cannot resume operations even if they are told to because there are tourists coming to the country. They cannot service their loans because the tourism industry has been in a slump since the beginning of 2020. These people are unable to pay the loans they had taken prior to the onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic, and banks have refused to reschedule the loans. Therefore, they will not have money to pay land rates or water and electricity. It is the duty of the Government to create a good environment for the tourism sector to thrive again. However, the Cabinet Secretary has avoided responding to this bit of the Statement request and he says this is not his mandate. He says we ought to talk to the National Treasury about these issues."
}