Bishop Wahome: Government should ban alcohol sale and lodgings in estates

Last year, the sector under which the lodgings fall, Accommodation and Food Services, was badly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. The stringent containment measures aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus, negatively affected restaurants and hotels.

But lodgings became perfect hide-outs for love-birds and drunkards who had been barred from getting into their favourite taverns. Most hotels and restaurants either closed or scaled down their operations due to public health measures taken to prevent the spread of the pandemic as well significant reduction in the number of patrons.