Anxiety is high at Kenya Tourism Board over the planned merger of state agencies with duplicating roles.The Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) is set to be consumed in a proposed merger of 4 other state entities into a single company.
The tourism ministry is among the numerous state agencies that are seen to have duplicate roles. In the new Proposed merger, The Kenya Tourism Board, will join Invest in Kenya, Export Promotion Council, Kenya Year Book and Brand Kenya into a new company called Promotion Kenya Board.
The impact of the corona virus has contributed significantly to this latest development. The latest information is expected to result in some job losses and has already created low morale amongst the entities.
First quarter of 2021 is penned down as the date for the roll out of the new merger.
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