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    "id": 393888,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ong’era",
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        "legal_name": "Janet Ongera",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support this Motion. First of all, I would like to congratulate my colleague, Sen. Karaba, for bringing a very innovative Motion to this House. When George Owen wrote his book in 1984, many of us thought that it was a joke. He envisaged a situation where we had flying cars. I think this is what Sen. Karaba has in mind. With the usage of car cables, it means that we shall be able to improve our tourism. We will be developing new tourist circuits. I have listened very keenly to a number of my colleagues in this House and they have mentioned many new tourist circuits that we can develop in this country by using cable cars which we have never had. Senator Elachi mentioned Kerio Valley as one of the new tourist circuits that we could create by use of cable cars. If I heard him right, the Senator for Nyeri, did also mention a new tourist circuit that we could create by using these cables to look at Mt. Kenya in another new way. We could also look at the Aberdare Ranges that we have never looked at. I envisage a situation where, if we had these cable cars that we could use for tourism especially in South Mugirango, tourists could be able to see the soapstone that has never been seen. However, we should not only talk about cable cars, we must also improve the road infrastructure in many of our tourism areas. We will not just speak about cable cars without looking at the road infrastructure. The airstrips in this country are in a deplorable state and, therefore, there is need for the tourism industry, especially the Ministry that is concerned with tourism to look for areas in which they can improve infrastructure. This includes the road network, the airstrips and the airports. I expect to see a new airstrip 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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