{"id":153652,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/153652/?format=json","text_counter":117,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Balala","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":9,"legal_name":"Najib Mohamed Balala","slug":"najib-balala"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have travelled all over the world where I have met High Commissioners and Ambassadors. We are synchronizing efforts between tourism representatives in Europe and their embassies. As I speak here today, we have a seminar that is going on; from today to Thursday. The seminar brings together tour representatives to interact on trade matters. We have told them that they have a professional duty to perform in identifying the embassies as the core centres for promoting the image of Kenya. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you allow me, I would like to lay on the Table the recent tourism performance figures for 2008 and the first quarter of 2009."}