Government owned hotel almost auctioned over Sh18m arrears

Forty year old Sunset Hotel located in Kisumu's Milimani in a picture taken on January 28,2017. Tourism Finance Corporation is currently looking for investors to rehabilitate the hotel. (Photo: Denish Ochieng/ Standard)

Auctioneers Thursday descended on the State-owned Sunset Hotel over accrued VAT arrears amounting to Sh18 million.

The auctioneers, acting for the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), camped at the posh hotel built on the lake shore as the management, led by manager Joseph Oduor, made frantic calls to save the facility that was at one time put up for sale.