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"content": "Kenya will lag behind. This facility is a foreign exchange earner; it will add more money to the kitty. So, it should not be seen like it is a county business. It is a national activity which is going to contribute money towards the national revenue; and this is the same money which will be shared to the counties. So, as far as I am concerned, it is a very important activity that should be embraced by very many people who are economically oriented so that we steer off Kenya from the rest of the African countries. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is also important to compare Kenya with the other emerging economies in Africa. We have Algeria, which is coming up in the form of tourism; we have Nigeria also from the Boni Hills in the western side; as I have told you, we have South Africa, the Ruwenzori Mountains and I am sure even Tanzania will also adopt this technology. So, if we are going to be the only country in Africa which will lag behind in this technology – which I am trying to introduce and have it understood by the people here and, maybe, they are not understanding what it is all about – then it means that, as a country, we are going to lag behind and we will be lamenting all through. So, it is my hope that this Motion is passed so that we ask the Government to come up with a policy guideline so that those private investors who would like to invest in our country, generally, or a particular county, should do so without delay. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank those people who have contributed; I am very happy about it. Once we pass this Motion, we will be seen in one way as moving forward the country’s activities, and it is one activity which will earn Kenya the much needed foreign exchange. As I had said earlier, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this idea was mooted in 1963 by an Austrian engineer who had interest in developing cable cars technology in Mt. Kenya. But once this idea was abandoned, he moved to Singapore. When Singapore adopted that technology, it is now said to be ahead of Kenya. These are some of the things that we need not delay when we have the ideas about what the development is all about. So, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am happy that a majority of my fellow Senators here have supported the Motion and I am sure they will live to be happy in Kenya. It is good for us to live long so that when you live up to 100 years, you will see what happens when people say that there was a Senator called Karaba who moved a Motion that was so important in the Senate during his time, and I will be proud to be associated with the development. With those few remarks, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir."
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