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    "content": "some tourist attractions. We can view animals using car cables. If these cable cars are properly utilized, this country can earn a lot of foreign exchange which will support development projects. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was reading the annals of history and I realized that in 1963 there was an Austrian company which had developed interest in developing cable cars on Mt. Kenya. But when they made the proposal, it was never looked at. If this country had looked at that proposal and implemented it, today, we would be talking of Kenya earning a lot of money from tourism, especially from Mt. Kenya. But this never happened. The same company proceeded to Singapore the following year and they convinced the Government of Singapore to have the cable cars. The cable cars were installed the following year. To date, these cable cars are still there. Singapore is a country that many people claim was on the same footing with Kenya in the 1960s. But due to the fault of the planners, people who could not even listen to some of these developers, we were not able to construct or put up a cable car network when the Government of Singapore put up one. Today we are talking of Singapore being one of the stable economies in the world. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we, as Kenyans, need to be careful when talking about development. We should not play games and blame each other when people in offices are not able to interpret proposals or proceed with what is comparatively found in other countries. They are not careful about future generations. If such cable cars were introduced, we would save time, fuel and create employment. This is also a very easy system that would attract the young and the old to go and climb some areas which they would not have, otherwise, climbed because of age. When they get to the top of certain mountains, they will really enjoy the views of the country. That is what I am calling for. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the amount of money that is used by the ferry at Likoni is a lot. There are risks involved when the ferries sometimes submerge, killing many people. This risk or problem can be solved by introduction of cable cars. I am made to understand that if the cable cars are introduced where the Likoni Ferry is, we would be transporting 11,000 people per hour. This is a high number of people compared to what the ferry transports from one side to the other; from South Coast to North Coast. Usually there are delays which can result in death in cases of medical emergencies, for example, if somebody is to being transported to hospitals. Cable cars can be very useful in this country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is also possible to imagine of cable cars enjoyed in the areas where there is no competition. We will have no congestion. There are no known jams in the air and there is a lot of room for expansion. This is what we require in this country. Once we have these cars introduced, we will make a lot of savings. The problems of traffic jam on Nairobi roads will be a thing of past or minimized. This is what has happened in Munich. I visited Munich in Germany. It is very easy to move from one point to another. The story is the same in Austria. You move from one area to another without any problems. You do not even have to move up and down the slopes experiencing problems caused by the fog and steep valleys. That is solved by the introduction of cable cars. All you need is to erect two electric columns which will ferry The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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