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    "content": "counties like Nyeri, Laikipia and elsewhere. For example, in Nyeri, we are looking at the possibility of building an elephant corridor linking Mt. Kenya and the Aberdare Mountains. This is a corridor that is going to be expensive. If we really want to protect our wildlife, it is necessary for us to put a little bit more money and a bit more value than we are currently doing. If we want to develop tourism and we are determined to do so and the President is determined to do so himself, it is also important for us to ask ourselves what kind of quality of tourists we want in our nation. In tourism, more is not always good. Sometimes, it is possible to get fewer tourists who are not going to destroy the environment and who are not going to scare our animals. We can get more money out of a smaller number. The marketing of our nation must be put in the hands of those who are able to do so, those who are able to market segment and those who are able to position our tourism as an up market destination. In so doing, we must also encourage our hotel keepers to upgrade their hotels. I think we should continue supporting the tourism sector by giving duty free renovations of hotels. These are things that we can do within this House and the Lower House. I am glad that energy and communication are being given priority. We must remember that the jobs that are going to be created in future are going to be technology- based jobs which also require a lot of energy. We want to ensure that all our counties are connected via fibre optic cable because we cannot have a country where some counties can develop technology-based industries such as back office operations, call centres and others cannot because they are not connected to the fibre. Therefore, I urge my colleagues in this House, the Senators, that we fight to ensure that every county in this country is connected to a fibre optic network that allows the young people to set up businesses that are technology-based. Those businesses are not just good but they are also better jobs. We have jobs in agriculture and we want to do that via value adding and via better methods of farming, but remember there is employment and there is under-employment in many areas where we farm. These unemployed young people can do much better jobs in the areas of technology. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wind up by urging that we, as a House, also resolve and ensure that all counties in this Republic are connected through a fibre optic network. I beg to support."
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