On top of the existing tourist attraction sites in Uasin Gishu, the Department of Tourism is pursuing and identifying more sites.This is a move that is set to sell the County within and beyond, more so attracting investors.
On Thursday, officers from the Tourism sector led by Tourism and Wildlife County Executive Mary Njogu visited Moiben ward, where they were hosted in Maraba's farm which is an identified Tourist site, Solid Rock Gardens Proposed Tourism Center, lying on the slopes of Chebororwa Hills.Accompanied by Directors and Officers from the Department of Tourism and Wildlife, the County minister took a tour around the huge and vast land that they plan to establish a tourism center.The land holds a lot of Tourism potential facilities and natural environment that can accommodate and spearhead tourism potential for example accommodation facilities, scenic views of the Chebororwa hills and landscape.Also, the land houses a wide variety of birds for the ornithologists and bird watchers, conference halls that can hold meetings and a natural water spring just below the landscape, indigenous trees and shrubs for the nature center lovers and the Masai caves.“They say that Tourism is the goose that lays the golden egg and with this, the area can be a goldmine for Uasin Gishu County and raise the economic growth rate and offer employment to the locals as well and it becomes an advantage to them", said Njogu during the tour.To be the first to get updates on breaking and trending news in Kenya, send your Whatsapp number to 0740949990.