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    "id": 53320,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Okemo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Chrysanthus Barnabas Okemo",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I wish to thank the Ministry of Tourism and the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade because we worked very closely right from the beginning up to where we have reached. That is why we have achieved what we have achieved. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we had an opportunity to visit a number of tourism fairs with the Minister for Tourism. What became glaringly clear is that this is one Ministry which is thoroughly underfunded as far as promotion of tourism is concerned. I was very surprised when we went to Berlin. A country such as Egypt, which had a lot of violence, change of guard and political upheavals--- Immediately after that, the number of tourists visiting Egypt because of promotions and marketing are by far three, four or five times more than visitors who are coming to Kenya which has a much more stable political environment. What is important is to give the message that we had. Let us put our money where our mouths are. Tourism is a very important contributor to our economic growth. It contributes a lot to employment, foreign exchange that supports our balance of payments and, therefore, in the next Budget, we must see and ensure that tourism is sufficiently well funded for purposes of promotion. Thank you very much."
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