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Ex-Matiba hotel left to rot away after Barclays auction

Security guards man the Jadini Beach Hotel gate on January 15, 2015. The hotel in Diani, South Coast, has remained closed for sometime now after being auctioned by Barclays Bank in 2013. PHOTO | LABAN WALLOGA

Four-star Jadini Beach Hotel, once a gem in the coast tourism circuit associated with politician Kenneth Matiba’s business empire, has been shut and left to rot away — a standing edifice of the tough times facing Kenya’s sun, sea and sand tourism.

The manicured grounds of the hotel, auctioned in 2013 to Simba Lodges by Barclays Bank of Kenya to recover bad debts owed by Alliance Group of Hotels owned by the former Cabinet minister, are being taken over by a jungle, of creeping vines and bushes.

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