Increased Surveillance As Laikipia Prepares For Visitor Influx After Reopening Of Nairobi Lock Down
Updated on: Jul 07, 2020
Laikipia has put in place stringent measures as expecting an influx of domestic tourists after reopening of the lock down in Nairobi.
The county is focusing on providing a safe commercial ecosystem, with the priority on enabling businesses to maximize operations within the safety limits of the established health protocols.
All round, the government is strengthening its systems to create a safe environment for interaction as the ease of travel restrictions in and out of Nairobi is likely to bring more visitors to Laikipia.
This possibility prevents both an opportunity to the business fraternity, which has been badly battered by the Covid-19 pandemic, and a challenge of likelihood of new infections from the visitors.
The government has intensified its surveillance and enforce as businesses, particularly those in the hospitality industry cautiously open.
From intensified border surveillance, to an elaborate plan to bolster commerce through financial partnerships to stimulating ailing businesses, Laikipia is cautiously opening its economy, within the context of the the new normal.
We expect a serious influx of residents to Laikipia to take advantage of our great diversity of offerings and we should be a pioneer for managing in the new normal, Laikipia Tourism Association said in brief.
As businesses reopen the department of health is providing a safety guide to ensure safety of the public, as the government works out an elaborate plan to simultaneously strengthen businesses through a Kshs 2.4 billion subsidized loan scheme targeting more than 5,000 micro and small enterprises.
It has also streamlined the licensing process of food handlers-thanks to a seamless collaboration between the trade and health departments.
By Friday last week, 75 food outlets in the county had been issued with business permits, having complied with the stringent requirements of the new health protocol during Covid-19. Their workers also underwent Covid-19 tests and well general medical health tests.
In Laikipia, the reopening of the economy comes at a time when the county has strengthened its health structures. Nanyuki and Nyahururu Referral Hospitals now have a five bed intensive care unit each, with Nanyuki Teaching and Referral Hospital having a 12 bed high dependency unit.
The hospital bed capacity is now on a high ever acceleration, as the government engages vocational training centres in the manufacture of cheaper, quality beds that are now serving in the isolation units across the county.
With the revival of the Nairobi-Nanyuki railway line, the local tourism industry in Laikipia is set for an explosion, and the systems are in place to afford the tourists and host a Covid-19 free environment.
The county is focusing on providing a safe commercial ecosystem, with the priority on enabling businesses to maximize operations within the safety limits of the established health protocols.
All round, the government is strengthening its systems to create a safe environment for interaction as the ease of travel restrictions in and out of Nairobi is likely to bring more visitors to Laikipia.
This possibility prevents both an opportunity to the business fraternity, which has been badly battered by the Covid-19 pandemic, and a challenge of likelihood of new infections from the visitors.
The government has intensified its surveillance and enforce as businesses, particularly those in the hospitality industry cautiously open.
From intensified border surveillance, to an elaborate plan to bolster commerce through financial partnerships to stimulating ailing businesses, Laikipia is cautiously opening its economy, within the context of the the new normal.
We expect a serious influx of residents to Laikipia to take advantage of our great diversity of offerings and we should be a pioneer for managing in the new normal, Laikipia Tourism Association said in brief.
As businesses reopen the department of health is providing a safety guide to ensure safety of the public, as the government works out an elaborate plan to simultaneously strengthen businesses through a Kshs 2.4 billion subsidized loan scheme targeting more than 5,000 micro and small enterprises.
It has also streamlined the licensing process of food handlers-thanks to a seamless collaboration between the trade and health departments.
By Friday last week, 75 food outlets in the county had been issued with business permits, having complied with the stringent requirements of the new health protocol during Covid-19. Their workers also underwent Covid-19 tests and well general medical health tests.
In Laikipia, the reopening of the economy comes at a time when the county has strengthened its health structures. Nanyuki and Nyahururu Referral Hospitals now have a five bed intensive care unit each, with Nanyuki Teaching and Referral Hospital having a 12 bed high dependency unit.
The hospital bed capacity is now on a high ever acceleration, as the government engages vocational training centres in the manufacture of cheaper, quality beds that are now serving in the isolation units across the county.
With the revival of the Nairobi-Nanyuki railway line, the local tourism industry in Laikipia is set for an explosion, and the systems are in place to afford the tourists and host a Covid-19 free environment.
