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    "id": 955729,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/955729/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the nature of tourism has also not changed. Some people are interested in the astronomical aspect, others in the cultural aspect and in interacting with various cultures, so that they can bring out what these cultures are all about. This is very critical, and I think the nexus of this Bill. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the purpose of this Bill is to ensure that counties utilize every opportunity they have in terms of tourist possibilities within those sectors. That way, they will alleviate poverty, fight rural to urban migration, empower communities and come up with more inclusive and sustainable development over time. Looking at the current trend, you will notice that tourists come and want to live the life. The tourist attraction here in Kitui is a rock, which myth has it that if you go round the rock seven times, your gender will change. If you are a man, you will become a woman, and if you are a woman, you will become a man. Many countries go around a particular item about their country and bring it out to attract tourists to those places. Russia, for example, has very many castles. As a result of that, they encourage tourists to come to their country to enjoy sites, while they preserve their cultural aspects. In exchange, a lot of money is earned through tourism. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, earlier this afternoon, we talked about the issue of own- source revenue collection at the county level. There is a disjuncture because the Ministry of Tourism and their perspective is that they want to sell Kenya as Kenya. They look at the national tourism. However, we have local tourism, which is unfortunately not defined in the Tourism Act. As a result of that, the Ministry of Tourism only markets Kenya"
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