Kisumu hotels close as coronavirus confines people to homes

Hotels have reported reduced occupancy rates, with some decline to a low of below 10 percent. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The adverse effects of coronavirus pandemic have started taking their toll in the hospitality industry in Western Kenya with the closure of two major hotels in Kisumu this week.

While the facilities are heeding a government directive of limiting social contact, the indefinite shutting down of the Grand Royal Swiss Hotel, has caused panic in the lakeside city as hundreds of jobs are in limbo.

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