After many false starts, the classification of hotels and restaurants kicked off last June, with the exercise covering Western region, Nyanza and parts of the greater Rift Valley. More than 50 hotels have been examined, ready to be awarded star ratings.
Tourism Cabinet Secretary Phyllis Kandie said the grading and classification exercise is being done using the East African Community guidelines. “Officials handling the classification exercise have been reviewing the results of previous exercises done under local rules, aimed at giving the industry the confidence of a true outcome,” she said recently in Mombasa.