Kisumu hoteliers 'locked out' of devolution event

Hospitality industry players in Kisumu city are up in arms over what they term a deliberate plan by the organisers of next week's national devolution conference to deny them business.

Hoteliers in the lakeside city are now threatening to demonstrate and derail the planned second national devolution conference scheduled to run from April 21 to 23 and expected to host about 6,000 guests. They plan to protest the decision by the Kisumu county government and the Council of Governors (CoG) to allegedly deny them the opportunity to capitalise on the national event.