Authority launches public consultation process for master plans to enhance Kenya’s key aviation hubs The Kenya Airports Authority has unveiled ambitious plans to transform the country’s two most critical aviation facilities through comprehensive master planning initiatives that will reshape Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and Wilson Airport for decades to come. The authority announced the launch […]
Investigation Reveals Decade-Long Saga of Mismanagement at JKIA’s Greenfield Terminal Project The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) found itself under intense parliamentary scrutiny this week as lawmakers demanded answers over a controversial Sh4.3 billion payment to a Chinese contractor linked to prominent businessman Jimmy Wanjigi—despite no visible work being done on the ambitious Greenfield Terminal project […]
Security screening at JKIA will be enhanced through risk-based profiling, ensuring only flagged bags undergo manual inspection in a dedicated screening room, reducing delays and improving efficiency.
The court heard that contrary to the government’s claim that Adani was the only firm interested in developing JKIA, other firms had floated their proposals.
Adani Energy Solutions will revamp and expand Kenya’s energy transmission network in a 30-year deal valued at Ksh 95.7 billion. Energy cabinet secretary Opiyo Wandayi says the pact was signed on Wednesday this week, marking the end of a four-month marathon negotiations. The company is part of the Adani Group of India which has initiated […]
MPs have ordered a forensic audit on the deal between Kenya Airports Authority and India’s conglomerate Adani Holdings on the proposed upgrade of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The Public Investments Committee on Commercial Affairs and Energy wants the auditor general to establish how Adani became part of the deal. The committee, at the same time, […]
Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi was yesterday at pains to defend the government’s decision to accept the Privately Initiated Proposal (PIP) by Adani Holdings Limited to develop and expand the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). Mbadi who appeared before the Senate Roads, Transportation and Housing Committee was taken to task to shed light on whether […]
Apeiro Limited, the largest shareholder in the Safaricom consortium that has been awarded the contract for the technology-based system for the Universal Health Coverage (UHC), has business links to the Adani Group. The government has awarded the consortium a contract to provide an Integrated Healthcare Technology System (IHTS) for the UHC programme. Each of the […]
Nelson Amenya, the whistleblower, places Dr. Samier at a key role in what he describes as an ‘Indian Syndicate’ working with the Adani Group to takeover the operations of the airport.
The takeover of East Africa’s busiest hub, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is poised to take effect in November. There’s information of meetings and secrets that point to the takeover of the airport by Indian-based Adani Group Holdings after six months behind-the-scenes planning. It is also emerging that should the deal between the government and Adani […]
Last week, a whistleblower sparked outrage in Kenya after he claimed in a social media post that the country’s main airport would be leased to one of India’s largest conglomerates, Adani Group.
The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) is holding talks with a Chinese company with a view to reviving works on the second runway at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. Known as Greenfield Terminal, the Sh56 billion project was cancelled in March 2016 barely two years after a ground-breaking ceremony that was held on May […]
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