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    "content": "money to farmers. This should be encouraged so that whatever is produced, before it is exported, it is used to help industrial development in small scale industries. That is why it is befitting to talk about the geothermal power. It has been used in Eburu to dry pyrethrum. This is the same power related energy steam and gas which can be tapped to produce very good jets, geysers and even hot springs which can attract many tourists as we have seen in Lake Bogoria. Let there be a policy where lakes which have such hot water are sold outside. The marketing should be effective so that we have more tourists coming to Kenya to enjoy the natural spas of the geyser springs especially from Lake Bogoria and the gases from the Hells Gate. That is what we are lacking. The moment we discover that we have such good things coming from the ground and yet tapping has not been sufficiently done due to high cost of production or due to the terrain, it is important that we make use of what is available so that we generate more money. The same money should be ploughed back to make the area rich and that is the only way we can do it if we are to be proud of our discoveries, particularly so with geothermal. I have been to Lake Bogoria quite a number of times. What attracts me there is what it offers to the neighbours and the Asian community that goes there for spa medicinal water value that comes from the geysers. This is what we should sell to have more tourists coming to Kenya to enjoy themselves as we get the much needed foreign exchange. It is true that many of us have travelled to areas which we refer to as rich. However, once you get to New Zealand, you will see that there is nothing that has made it so rich and popular but selling of gas and neutralizing geysers and spas from Lake Taupo. The River called Waikiki is very popular with regard to hot water. You will find most tourists going there to spend money which ploughs back foreign exchange. This is what we should encourage the Energy, Roads and Transportation Committee to do. They should find out more areas where Kenya, as a country is failing, so that we attract more visitors to the country and make use of what we have in the name of natural resources. That is what we are lacking. In other places where such natural resources are lacking, for example, in countries like Dubai and Malaysia, they have put up natural monuments and people go to see these monuments. This also includes countries like France where we have the Arch which records very many visitors. In Dubai, you will find the tallest building so far, in the world. I hear that it cost Kshs10 billion and within the first two years they had already recovered the Kshs10 billion and now they are earning the interest. This is what we should be asking ourselves. Since we cannot afford to make such things, let us harness what we have. The only thing that we can harness is, of course, what others do not have. Let us pay more attention to what is known to prevail in Kenya, in the name of the gases, geysers, steam jets, spas and so on. We should develop these areas and have industries that are oriented to these kinds of facilities, for example, the chemical industries. It is possible to have industries spread all over. Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir, it is also important to note that geothermal has, of course, some megawatts produced. I hear that it is about 5,000 megawatts and it is aimed at production. A few megawatts can be used either in the neighbouring schools there, 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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