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    "id": 1353395,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1353395/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kwanza, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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    "content": "First, our country has attracted a lot of investment from all over the world over the years. I remember that Europeans would come over to see what they could do because our country was a green area for investment. That was a problem of our own making because we were not aggressive. We have let things go such as tourism. Tourists are no longer attracted to our country because we no longer do what we used to do. I was told that we were the leading tourist attraction in the region apart from South Africa. Many of our tourist sites have become dilapidated. One example is Fort Jesus, which used to be very attractive. You will not believe what you see if you travel to Fort Jesus today. I was recently in Istanbul and I was impressed to see a mosque that was built in 1415 AD still attracting tourists. I had an opportunity to visit that site together with other Members that I travelled with. The mosque had many visitors. One of the local guides from the embassy, who was taking us round, told us that the visitors were neither locals nor predominantly Muslims. They were people from different religions such as Christianity and Buddhism. They were attracted to that site. Fort Jesus is gone. People would come and pay to be taken round the Fort. That loss of revenue from tourism is a problem of our own making."
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