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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to second this Motion that has been moved by Sen. Karaba. It is a timely Motion and it is in line with Vision 2030. We can only achieve this Vision if we have an idea of how to improve our infrastructure. I was listening to the hon. Senator talking about cable cars. He has done a thorough research of the countries where these cars are used. I noted that this country has many good sceneries where locals cannot reach. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am just thinking of a place like Ngong Hills. It is quite near Nairobi. I do believe that if we could have cable cars from Ngong Hills, we can manage to traverse into other hills, whose owners cannot even reach and yet they have title deeds. Even the elderly people would want to climb up to those hills maybe to see all parts of the land they own. However, they cannot climb those hills because of their age. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when we talk about the tourism industry I am very much concerned about my county. This county is rich in terms of tourist attraction sites. For example, when one goes to a place like Shompole, the next place you would want to see game is at the Maasai Mara. The distance between Shompole and Maasai Mara is just about 60 kilometres. If you want to go there, you actually have to come all the way back to Nairobi then you go round the Narok-Maai Mahiu Road, which is a distance of about 350 kilometres. If we had the cable cars, you could just have traversed very comfortably into the Ngurumana Escarpment. Here people would really enjoy seeing the escarpment. I do believe that tourists would use very little money going to Maasai Mara. If we had this mode of transport, we can really encourage most of them to come to Kenya. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am also imagining that this will be more like a new technology; so, how many people will be employed in that industry? Here, we are talking about creating job opportunities with this technology. We will need people to manage those vehicles. Our engineers will design infrastructure to support these cable cars. I do believe that young people, who are innovative, will even be encouraged to take up engineering courses when they see this technology. In Likoni, for example, these cable cars will be very useful. It is quite something that everyone would want to see taking shape in this country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do believe that the landscape of our country is so beautiful, for example, Murang’a, Suguta Valley, Kitui or Machakos regions where we have hills and valleys. I wonder how those people climb all the way up to the top of the hills. I do believe that if cable cars could be introduced, the elderly and the sick people will manage to move about comfortably and reach their destinations without wasting a lot of time or getting fatigued. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am also imagining the kind of destruction we sometimes go through when, maybe, some roads are being done and even in acquiring land where people have already put up some structures. Suppose we could just introduce cable cars, I doubt whether we would have infrastructure or the structures which are owned by people being destroyed. It is for that reason that I stand and say that this is a project for which I feel the central Government should initiate a feasibility study 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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