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    "content": "question of putting our minds together and coming up with a strategy for us to be able to do so. As the Motion indicates clearly, we can partner with Google, Safaricom, Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), the Kenya Tourism Finance Corporation (KTFC) and other bodies. The digital platform has given us a vast array of techniques that we might use to ensure that our economic progress is enhanced as a result of this. I think this is critical and important. We must look at the media and technology that inform tourists and be broad about it. As I said earlier, we could also ensure that hotels – this is something that the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) can do effectively – have a package material. Even if we miss them at the point of entry, maybe because that Short Message Service (SMS) that welcomes them is not broad, let us mandate hotels to give a variety of activities that tourist can engage in and allow them to move around peacefully. In order to do that, we must improve our competitive index by targeting tourists. We must find out and know that by the time the tourists come and by the time they leave the country, not only have we enhanced our resources in terms of the financial aspects they bring in the country but we have also showcased ourselves in many other ways. By doing that, especially in a situation where issues of local content have been put in place, then the tourists would have mingled with the people and the institutions. When we went to Uasin Gishu County, we had a chance to visit Eldoret Technical Training Institute. That is like local tourism; going around to see what we have. It was amazing to see what that institute has. They already have Robotic Engineering as one of the courses offered. So, the more we showcase, the more we increase our employment potential and the more we showcase what we have, the better for us because when the tourist go back, they also remember, for example, the young dynamic men they met in Kwale who knew a lot about mining or the young warriors from Kajiado. The mind is broad and ideas come from interaction. However, when we keep it closed, then other countries and communities will definitely move faster than us and take advantage. They have already taken advantage where we have been slow. For example, we know what happened when did not patent our kiondo, shuka and kisutu . Kisutu is the traditional Mijikenda outfit. If we showcase what we have but other cultures borrow and make it appear to be theirs, we will already have showcased. So, a lot of publicity and innovation has to go into this. As I conclude, I urge the Senator to look at the different facets of Acts that we have and Bills that are coming and try to see how we can take the practical aspects of this Motion and infuse them. If we need to go the legislative way, I am not sure whether this will warrant a Bill because we have various Acts but we could have a review of those Acts and look for particular Articles which we can infuse to enhance the mandate and vision that this important Motion has. I support."
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