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    "id": 1347937,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1347937/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Likuyani, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Innocent Mugabe",
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    "content": "Beach tourism is the main social economic activity and source of livelihood for the coastal people. However, it has become a tired and less competitive product in today's marketplace. In the last two decades, Kenyan beaches have been invaded by aggressive, local and informal operators. They engage in a variety of tourism-related businesses—both regulated and unregulated—and harass visitors. This has a negative impact on the beach tourism industry in Kenya. Moreover, this has led to increased insecurity, poor waste management that threatens marine parks and beach ecology, lack of necessary infrastructure at the beaches and increased conflict among beach users. These issues have contributed to making Kenyan beaches unattractive and uncompetitive, resulting in significant economic losses to the counties that depend on beach tourism and the national Exchequer. The coastal and inland tourism sectors, which rely on the beaches, face stiff competition from other more attractive beach destinations around the globe. It is for this reason that I request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Tourism and Wildlife on the following matters: 1. The plans that the Ministry has put in place to protect, rehabilitate and promote beach tourism in Kenya. 2. The sustainable management programmes that the Ministry has initiated to protect the environment and contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation measures. 3. Any specific policy and legislative proposals that the Ministry has developed to guide beach management in Kenya. I thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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