Liberian businessman George B. Kaiolondo, owner of the ‘Kailondo Hotel’, and the Kailondo group of companies has denied media report that claimed that bathrooms at his hotel on the Old Road hosting people quarantined for Coronavirus observation are unsanitary.
FrontPageAfrica on Monday reported complaints from some of those quarantined at the facility that the bathrooms were not hygienic for people under quarantine but cllr. Kailondo denied that the pictures of bathrooms that accompanied that story was not from his hotel.
“I am a decent man I will not run a filthy hotel. The pictures used in the paper do not represent my hotel. We have been in operation since 1996.Kailondo told Liberia Public Radio in live press conference.
“Even my employees here always tell them to dress decently. our facilities are good that’s why they come to us”, he adds.
Kailondo Hotel signed a contract with the National Public Health Institute where more than 40 persons travelling from China or other countries effected by Coronavirus (CoViv19) have to go through observation.
As part of the Liberian government’s measures to avert any possible case of the novel virus from being imported to the country, travelers returning to Liberia from any country with active cases of the virus are require to be under observation for a period of 14 days.
The Liberian businessman added that the same hotel was used as based for African Union Ebola Mission during the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus disease that killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa.
The National Public Health Institute insists that Kailondo Hotel is conducive and was approved by the government to serve as a precautionary observation center (POC) for the Coronavirus.
Joseph Wiah, Communications Director of NPHIL said Kailondo Hotel is “a private facility” which was being used for commercial purpose and approved by the government. He noted that the facility is conducive and the government decided to use it.
Kailondo owned several businesses in Liberia including Super Communications INC, owner of Super FM 95.5, Super TV channel 10 and Super Newspaper. He is also the owner Executive Inn Hotel established in 2016 located along the Roberts International Airport (RIA) and the Kailondo gas stations across Liberia.
