Forty-one buildings illegally piercing Wilson Airport’s protected airspace. A regulator whose officers were threatened at gunpoint. A city planning chief now facing criminal charges. And a government so captured by developer interests that it would rather reroute aircraft over a national park than flatten a single illegal floor. This is not an aviation story. It is a corruption story. And the crash it is building towards will be Kenya’s fault.
THE SUMMARY OF THE AUDIT QUERIES• Overseeing payments totalling USD 107,801.03 (Sh12.3 m) to travel agencies for provision of air tickets without proper records.• No copies of itineraries were attached to support payments for the tickets issued.• Claims of funds not being used to implement planned activities.• Staff issued with one or more imprests without […]
Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) has launched investigations on an accident involving a Cessna C337 aircraft which crashed at Oldonyowas, Chyulu Hills. In a statement, KCAA Director General, Capt. Gilbert M. Kibe said that the Air Accident Investigation Department (AAID) of the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development, and Public Works have also launched […]
After President Uhuru Kenyatta’s emanation to power in 2013, his appointments to strategic positions in government parastatals have revolved around key figures from military and Intelligence service. Some of the senior civil offices occupied by military or intelligence service Uhuru’s favorite men include the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), Ethics and Anti-corruption […]
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