CEC Stanley Kirui Makes an Impromptu Tour at Kitale National Museum
The CEC Trade, Industrialization, Cooperatives and Tourism Mr. Stanley Kirui made an impromptu tour at Kitale National Museum as plans to devolve the facility to the county government under the tourism department is underway.
According to the Kitale National Museum curator Mr. Fredrick Palapala, the facility was opened in 1924.
The museum lies on an 8-acre piece of land with a staff of 32 members.
Speaking during the tour, CEC Mr.Kirui stated that talks with the National Museums of Kenya will commence immediately so as to take over and revamp the museum.
The CEC cited that the facility has a lot of opportunities to source revenue for the county and that there is a need to renovate structures, and set up cottages, rare chickens, and rabbits for reptile feeding to cut on the cost of purchasing the feeds.
Mr.Kirui noted that one of the governors’ manifestos is to make Trans Nzoia county one of the greatest tourist attraction destinations.
Kirui added that the move to revamp the museum as one of the tourist attraction sites in the county will improve revenue collection and create job opportunities among the youth.
He said that there is a need to engage respective stakeholders and investors through the public-private partnership in order to boost the tourism sector in the county.
Kitale National Museum has ethnographical materials, nature trails, which provide good birding and picnic sites, and outdoor exhibits, such as traditional tribal homesteads, like Bukusu, Masai, Nandi, and Luo, it also has notable collections which include snakes, tortoises, crocodiles plus an interesting ‘Hutchinson bio gas unit’
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