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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, if I pose the question to this House; how many tourists who love football visit Kenya? Someone might think this is a big question without an answer. However, this information is available. All our tribes are endowed with a lot of heritage. As a Maasai, I pity other communities that do not take advantage of tourists who visit this country. There is location based data analytics which has been used worldwide to improve more resources in terms of the tourism sector. This is something which is underutilised in this country. On Saturday, I travelled to South Africa. The moment I arrived, I received a text message welcoming me to South Africa and telling me how much I would spend making calls. That text gave me gave me an opportunity to know what was there for me in South Africa. This morning I arrived at JKIA. Likewise, I received a text message from Safaricom welcoming me back to Kenya. This means that every tourist who comes into this country, whether they are going to participate in the Meeting, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE), receives the same text. Noting that, last year alone we had 1.6 million tourists who visited this country. Majority of them attended conferences and exhibitions here in Nairobi. Later on, some of them went to Mombasa, others to Maasai Mara and others to Isiolo. Those of us who have land and beaches are benefiting a lot. A good example is the one I have given you of South Africa. Even in their airport, you will see pictures of Kenyans. You will see a picture of a Maasai man, woman, or a Luo man playing drums. However, we do not take advantage of this. This is because we are currently relying on old data. This data was collected last year. We cannot even tell whether the tourists who come here and they want to experience our culture are given an opportunity by the Ministry of Tourism to do so. 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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