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"content": "Karaba, for thinking about this Motion. I know that for many of us when we saw it for the first time, we were wondering what cable cars are and of what importance they are to us. As I was just talking to him, I told him that at the Senate, we have very visionary people and also visionary Motions. Tourism is one of the key areas where we generate revenue and so we must start to think how we can become innovative. What is this new thing that we are adding that the tourist who was here ten to 20 years ago; when they now come to Kenya, they see that we have moved a few steps forward? This is one of them. Secondly, it would also be an avenue where we would generate more revenue because for you to use the cable cars, then you would have to pay for them and, so, it would be value addition to our tourism. I would also like to add to what one of the Senators said, that we should not just think of foreign tourists, but we also have local tourists. I know that Kenyans really love to enjoy this beautiful country. I know of my friends who would, one weekend, just wake up and say “let us go to Kajiado,” or “let us go to Mt. Kenya;” and they would also like to enjoy such facilities if they are in place. But having said this also, it is important for us to think about our infrastructure as a whole as a country. We need to open up more frontiers because if we were to have these cable cars in Samburu, you would, first, have to get yourself to Samburu. So, we really hope that we can think about the road networks and the airstrip. You have been to Samburu and you have seen the airstrip that we have there, and we really hope that we can improve the infrastructure that will, first, get us to where we can access the cable cars. We are very innovative people; we know the marathon that is in Maasai Mara and it is one very unique one in the whole world, where you do a marathon in the wild amongst the lions and the big five. We should actually think about how to market this event to make it even bigger like the London Marathon. The Maasai Mara Marathon is something that we can really tap into, and I am sure that by having the cable cars during such events, it would also add value to such kind of events that we have in this country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we also have land use problems; I am thinking about demolition of buildings along the roads that we have been seeing around. If, really, we have cable cars in some of these points, we might really think about having a road network there and it is going to reduce some of the problems that we have been witnessing, including reducing accidents. I am sure Sen. Karaba will agree with me. I do not think we have witnessed any accidents when using cable cars, and it is important that we think about it. Really, it is just the whole issue of being innovative as a country; of accepting technology and of accepting to move forward. I know that we have the capacity and the brains; I am sure we also even have the revenue to put these things in place. We are also looking forward, now that we have counties in place, to see whether Sen. Mutahi Kagwe will make sure that, actually, we can have some cable cars going up to Mt. Kenya, which is in his county. I know that if counties actually think about some of these issues and also work with the national Government, we are going to see them being put into place. 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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