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    "content": "tourists are stuck on the road. Roads leading to most of our attraction sites are in pathetic condition. So, I would not wish to start talking about cable cars to transport tourists when our tourists cannot even access those areas by road. I find this Motion to be overreaching. However, in principle, I find it very difficult to oppose anything developmental, but I think we need to rethink over it. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what is the status of infrastructure in the country as I speak? Coming from Kitui County, my people will think I am mad if I talked about the development of cable cars when we do not even have tarmacked roads. I need to reach my electors, but I cannot because simple bridges to enable us cross over even small streams are not there. I have been talking about the road between Kibwezi, which is a highway to Kitui. This road was better during the colonial times than it is today. So, my people would think that I am mad if I talked about cable cars. By the way, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not see anywhere in Kitui County where we can have a cable car because the terrain is flat. I do not know which hills within the county I can connect so that I can advocate for cable cars. So, let us have first things first. Let us, first of all, develop the road infrastructure in this country as we know it. The examples we have been given of Austria, Hong Kong and Singapore, have all finished developing their roads. So, they are now doing the leisure things like cable cars. So, for goodness sake, let us have roads and bridges. Let us take our tourists to the destinations by road and when we are done with the roads, then we can think of taking them by cable cars up there. By the way, we have balloons in Maasai Mara which are doing a very good job. However, there is no such thing as a policy framework for balloons. All we do is the safety framework and the private sector is encouraged to invest in these balloons. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to urge that while we support development, let us, first of all, do first things first. Let us look at the country as it is; the north eastern region does not even have a kilometre of tarmac. I want to see a Senator from north eastern who will support cable cars and then he will be skinned by his people. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know whether I will support this Motion because I am torn in between."
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