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    "id": 239616,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/239616/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Dzoro",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Tourism and Wildlife",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 247,
        "legal_name": "Morris Mwachondo Dzoro",
        "slug": "morris-dzoro"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) It is not true that local investors in the tourism sector in Northwest Rift Valley do not receive support from the Tourism Trust Fund (TTF). In fact, the TTF has recently launched the Western Kenya Tourism Area Plan which covers the Northwest Rift Valley Region. In addition, they have carried out institutional capacity building in the Mid-rift Region in order to jumpstart further tourism investment in the entire region. This blueprint has identified the inherent natural resources, key tourist attractions and stakeholders in the respective areas, so that investments are planned, formulated, co-ordinated and integrated with other tourist attractions in the country. (b) Some of the other beneficiaries of the Fund in the region include; Rimoi National Reserve Project under Keiyo County Council, Mid-rift Tourism and Wildlife Forum under Kitale Nature Conservancy, who have been funded by the TTF to the tune of Kshs9 million, Kshs5 million and Kshs 6 million respectively. (c) Comprehensive tourism area plans are being worked out so that substantial funds are committed this year for tourism community projects in various regions and enhance the benefits local communities have been deriving from the sector. In addition, we are in the consultative process of coming up with a comprehensive tourism legislation which will adequately address among others, the issue of sustainable support to local investors in this sector."
}