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    "id": 1357531,
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    "speaker_name": "The Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife",
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    "content": "(Hon. (Dr.) Mutua): On the second question by the Senator of Isiolo County about people who are killed and not paid, I think I have answered that question in the first question. This is because we are going through the process of paying. We have exhausted the Kshs908 million. We have Kshs1.1 billion and we are now starting the process of making payment. My condolences to the family of the young person who was killed. Payment has been taking forever because of lack of funding, but you will be happy to note that in the last payment, the people of Isiolo County have been compensated to the tune of over Kshs23 million. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, to the last very brilliant question from Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale about expanding tourism, it is quite unfortunate. I totally agree with him that our products have been the same. It has always been the beach, the animals and the curios, which have remained the same. We have not even added anything. The iPhone, Samsung and the Nokia have changed over the years. The curios that we sell are the same ones that our great-grandmothers were selling to tourists in the 1960s and 1950s. We have not evolved and we wonder why other markets are taking over. So, we have a very elaborate plan under the Kenya Kwanza Government. I am very clear that we have to expand the products that we are selling. I will be traversing this country beginning either December or early January. I am going to visit all 47 counties. I am going to sit down with the governors and the elected leaders of those counties to discuss circuits on what they have to offer. I have already had meetings with the different stakeholders, that is, the tour agencies, the hoteliers and the promoters of tourism. We have agreed that we have to come up with new circuits for Kenya. We cannot just be selling the same products. The population that is going around the world now is young. They want adventure, music, entertainment, to climb and see new things and not just what their mothers and their fathers saw. So, we also have to adapt to the times. We need to have hiking, climbing programmes and adventure. One of the things that I am thinking about is transforming some of our areas like Kilifi, for example, which was identified by Vision 2030 as a resort area. We look at Kilifi, Malindi, Watamu to be the Miami of Kenya. That is where the entertainment of Africa is. That is where the music comes. Let us bring those young people here. When they come there, we also transport them to Trans Nzoia, so that they see something there. We have so much to offer in this country. I was the Governor of Machakos. In Machakos, there is the hill where water flows upwards. It is like a miracle. You put your car on neutral on a hill, the car goes upwards instead of downwards. The world should be flocking to Machakos County to see that. We have not had a concerted effort. I am going to put a concerted effort to promote what each county has. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I finish, we talk about Kenya being the cradle of humanity. In Turkana County is where the bones of the so-called first person was found and we have not marketed that place. As the Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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