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    "content": "Government collect zero cents from them. If the Ministry will co-ordinate this, the Government will triple that revenue and nobody will ignore it. The Ministry is being ignored today because that force is eating into its market. The other issue is on hotel owners, particularly in Coast Province, where you go, have a band put on your wrist and you can drink and eat. In all these cases, people pay in Europe and America and come here to abuse our children on the beaches. That must change. This Ministry should expand what it gives to this country, because we depend on it. We want to provide the infrastructure. I urge the Minister to come up with ideas of making tourism accessible to our people. There is no country on earth where people have built beachfronts which are a couple of metres from the water and the local people are not allowed. There are people born and bred in Mombasa who have never seen a beachfront because a few private developers have grabbed land and made money, most of which is paid to their accounts in Europe. That is something that the Minister can help us on. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other issue is the Tourist Development Fund. Nothing has happened in the Western Circuit since this Fund was introduced by the NARC Government. With all that wealth and possibilities, nothing has happened. What is the Fund doing? I know a lake called “Kanyabwoli” in Siaya which is the freshest water lake. Around it is land owned by the Government, and yet there is no sanctuary. There is no reason for a tourist to visit this lake. Therefore, we could begin by nurturing tourism from within and expanding the places. Where do tourists go today? If you go to Mombasa today, other than basking in the sun--- There is no vacant hotel this weekend because all Members of Parliament will go there and the President and Prime Minister are there. We should give our people alternatives, so that there is no weekend that our visitors come, suffer, go and talk bad about us."
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