Caterers lose Sh30 million as seventh devolution conference is cancelled

Tents set up at Makueni Boys, where the 7th devolution conference was supposed to take place in Wote, Makueni County. [File, Standard] 

Local businesspeople are counting losses after the 7th devolution conference that had been planned for Makueni Boys High School starting Monday was cancelled.

Antony Ngunga, the chairman of Lower Eastern Hotels and Caterers Consortium, said they have lost up to Sh30 million.