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"content": "I thank you once again, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. From the outset, I thank my colleagues, the distinguished Senators, who contributed immensely to this very important Motion of trying to use technology to increase opportunities that can be harnessed to build this economy. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, since yesterday, when we began discussing this Motion, Sen. Sakaja spoke heavily about what happens with the talent relating to the use of technology that we have in this country. I thank him for pointing out that there is a hub that focuses on building tools. If the Ministry of Tourism; and it has now been reiterated by Sen. Kajwang;’ and the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB), can tap into this talent that we have locally, we can then move away from the traditional land and sea tourist opportunities. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is a lot in Samburu County, where you come from, that tourists can learn about. Using this location-based data analytics, it can help us to tap into these tourists who come here and who are interested in not only going to my county to see the wild animals – which I love and want them to come more – but also our culture. Leaving that money locally is very important. One of the things that all Senators have spoken about is that we are really underutilizing our opportunities and resources that we have in this country. It is time that, because of all these levels of unemployment--- I agree entirely with Sen. Dullo when she stated that it is imperative that we now start including tourism as part of our curriculum as a course at an early level. That way, when these children are growing up, they can particularly use this new technology of location-based data analytics, which is raw. That technology helps you to improve more on your business. In terms of tourism in this country, we have to look at it as a business. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when you look at Kajiado, Samburu, Homa Bay and every part of this country, there are certain aspects of culture that can be used to increase revenue. When a tourist lands in this country, we should not only be giving them an opportunity to see our wildlife and beautiful beaches and forego tapping into their interest. When they come here, particularly the young children who are in school in the United States of America (USA) – and who come here for the summer holidays – they are interested in community development and environmental issues. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, climate change is becoming problematic. All the Senators who contributed to this matter raised concerns that unless we now diversify, then the tourists coming in will not be of any good use to us. It is embarrassing that as we currently stand, we are listed as number 80 out 136, yet we have 43 different ethnic groups in this country that tourists can tap into. Yesterday, Sen. Halake talked about looking at these tourists as a way to help counties increase their revenue collection. I could not agree with her more. It is important that with these correct tools – all of them technology – all these counties can now carry out their skills and say, “with all the tourists coming here, we have community development here.” Today is the International Day of the Girl Child. There are women The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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