Uasin Gishu Fire and Disaster Management Department has announced plans to inspect all major hotels in Eldoret town on their preparedness to respond to emergencies and disasters.
According to County Chief Fire Officer David Wanyama Sitati, the inspection is part of the preparations for the upcoming Devolution Conference in Eldoret town.
The conference is scheduled for August this year.
It is expected that at least 12,000 people will be participating in the event whose main venue will be the Eldoret Sports Club.
“We are looking at the safety of places where the visitors will be sleeping and in this case, it is the hotels within Eldoret town,” Sitati said.
“Our plan is to go round and ensure their safety is guaranteed. We don’t want to witness a scenario where a hotel hosts visitors who end up getting hurt for lack of proper safety measures,” he added.
The County Chief Fire Officer further noted that the devolution conference will provide an opportunity for Eldoret to affirm its readiness to be the fifth city of Kenya in all aspects, including preparedness to respond to disaster and emergency incidences.
Among the areas the hotels will be assessed on is safety measures put in place in hotel rooms, kitchen as well as the whole building and the compound.
Road works improvement
Eldoret has a number of highly rated hotels that are expected to host top government officials that will be in town for the Devolution Conference.
Preparations for the conference, which is the eighth since the onset of the devolved system of governance in 2013, have been ongoing for the last few weeks.
There has been road work improvement around the Eldoret Sports Club where a majority of the events will be taking place.
Within Eldoret town, there are ongoing beautification projects that seek to give the soon-to-be-city a facelift before it hosts the whole country.
The event, which will be the first biennial conference celebrating the last ten years of devolution is planned to run from 15th-19th August 2023.
I propose the installation of the CCTV comeras to be a must in all Hotels and major streets within the town.
Good point.