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    "speaker_name": "Ms. Peninah Malonza",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. To respond to that question, I have just stated that we have received a report on a visibility study that has been conducted in that area. It is awaiting discussion in September. To shed some light on this, we are also aware that forests are under the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, and we are working together. There are matters that we may not go deeper as Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage, but we will consider the feasibility study for purposes of promoting tourism in that area. On Mama Ngina Water Front, it is true that I received a letter from the Governor of the County Government of Mombasa on this matter. I confirm that, through Executive Order No.1 of 2021, Mama Ngina Drive became part of the Executive mandate of my Ministry. However, on revision of Executive Order No.1 of 2023, Mama Ngina Drive was put nowhere. I have written two letters to the agency that generates the Executive Order so that by the time I respond to the Governor’ s letter, I already know whether it is under me or not. I have the two Executive Orders here, and I can furnish the Members with copies. We are on top gear on this matter as long as I will be answered from the side where it rests today. On the issue of road maintenance in Lamu County, Lamu is one of the potentially attractive counties in terms of tourism. I want to confirm that we are not the Ministry that is contributing to Al-Shabaab attacks in that area. We will be considering that road this year as long as it is within the national park. On any other road outside the national park, we may not be able to help. I would like the Members to know that roads within the national parks are not necessarily funded through this Fund. This Fund does not cater for roads. We fund maintenance of roads within the national parks and game reserves from the Road Maintenance Levy Fund that comes from the Ministry of Roads, Transport and Public Works. We will, therefore, be considering that road. We are working on this matter. This weekend, we are sending a team of journalists to investigate the whole agenda of tourist attraction in Lamu, which we know is very rich. I will be communicating to the House on the same in the near future. 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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