Rwandan high-end hotel faces liquidation

Customers in Ubumwe Grande Hotel’s restaurant in Kigali. PHOTO | NMG

Rwanda’s signature hotel development, Ubumwe Grande Hotel, risks liquidation as KCB Rwanda seeks to recover a $19 million outstanding loan.

KCB Rwanda managing director George Odhiambo said the bank has issued a notice of intention to foreclose on the facility after Ubumwe’s developers failed to service the loan, whose value he puts at “slightly above $18 million.