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Constructors work on a stretch of the Kisumu-Mamboleo Road ahead of this year’s Madaraka Day celebrations to be hosted in Kisumu. [Washington Onyango, Standard]
Plans by the national government to host this year’s Madaraka Day celebrations in Kisumu are at an advanced stage as authorities tasked with overseeing preparations race against time to ensure everything is in place.
Although the national event is in two weeks’ time, there is a hive of activities in the lakeside city as authorities implementing infrastructural facelifts to key facilities work against the clock to complete the projects.
The facilities include a road project leading to the Sh350 million Jomo Kenyatta Sports Ground, which will host the event.
Businesses in Kisumu seek to cash in on Madaraka fete
Wednesday May 19 2021
Part of Kisumu City skyline as seen from the Kisumu Port in Lake Victoria. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NMG
By ELIZABETH OJINA
Hoteliers and traders in Kisumu have started registering an uptick in busisness ahead of Madaraka Day.
The celebrations which will be marked in the county on June 1 are seen as a boon in the the hospitality sector whose performancehas been hit by the economic fallout occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Most of the hotels reported below 10 per cent bed occupancy.
Hoteliers and traders in Kisumu have started registering an uptick in busisness ahead of Madaraka Day.
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Acacia Premier Hotel in Kisumu. The hospitality industry in the western region is gearing up for increased business following the lifting of travel restrictions by the government. [File, Standard]
The hospitality industry in Western Kenya is eying a boom following the lifting of travel restrictions into and out of five counties.
Already, players in the industry have said a number of bookings, which had been cancelled following the lockdown of Nairobi, Nakuru, Machakos, Kajiado and Kiambu, are being rescheduled, with clients making inquiries.
Yesterday, Lake Region Tourism Circuit Chairman Robinson Anyal said a number of hotels were recalling their staff who had been sent on leave.
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A section of Riat hills in Kisumu West sub-county. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]
Kisumu County Government has started registration of home stay providers ahead of the Africities Conference set for November.
Despite the region registering adequate accommodation capacities, the county government is being cautious as the number of guests for the event may exceed the projected 10,000.
Governor Anyang’ Nyong o says home stay concept, which has become a tourism preference, is expected to boost the accommodation capacity.
“Apart from the hotels, home stays are very critical, and that is why we are interested in having people register so that the spaces can be assessed to ensure they meet the standards required for commercial accommodation provision,” Nyong o said.