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Moi International Airport (MIA) in Mombasa is set to undergo a major upgrade at a cost of Sh7 billion.
Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia says the funds will be used to refurbish airside pavements and airfield lighting system in the facility.
The upgrade, the Cabinet Secretary says, aims at attracting more charter planes to the coastal city, maintain the facility's excellent safety record as well as boost its efficiency.
The French Development Agency (FDA) will fund 93 percent of the project while Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) will provide the rest. The World Bank will cater for consultancy services.
“Moi International Airport is the main airport serving the coastal area and the principal port of entry for tourists, business travellers and others visiting the region, both from within and without the country."
"It is worth noting that about 80 per cent of international tourists and the overwhelming majority of other visitors travel into the county by air,” says Macharia adding that the project will be complete by 2020.
KAA boss Johnny Anderson and Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala say the upgrade of the country's second largest airport will be a major boost to tourism industry.
“With the completion of these works, we will have increased the lifespan of the runway for another 20 to 25 years and ensured the safety and passenger comfort of all travellers to Moi international Airport,” Anderson says.
CS Balala notes: “If a destination like this is not accessible then the economic growth will not happen. 45 per cent of this region is tourism. This airport has been seen to be more efficient than JKIA and we are glad for the investment."
“We have had more chartered airlines, from nine charters to 15, which is a great improvement but we cannot rely on it alone. We need to have more scheduled airlines,” he adds.
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The fruit of Joho PATRONIZING Uhuru.
Why is it called Moi International airport?
Why is it not called Mombasa International airport?
Unless Moi is paying for it, I suggest the airport should be re-named to Mombasa International Airport.
Ndugu @Anonymous UI:
Nakuomba tafadhali uutume (send) muhtasari (summary) huu kwa mkristo Uhuru na mkristo Ruto. Ni afadhali uwatumie wasome ili waone vile wameangamiza nchi ya Kenya huku wakijigamba (brag) kuwa wamejenga nchi ya Kenya. Ni muhimu sana wajue wameirudisha nchi yetu nyuma sana. Kenya haiwezi kusherehekea (celebrate) siku yoyote ya taifa ikiwa hali yetu ingali kwenye hali uliyosema. Kwa kifupi (in short) ningependa kuyanukuu (quote) mambo muhimu sana uliyotaja hapa:
"...Kenyans have no jobs but everything is being done by foreigners. What kind of government is this that has created an environment whereby it cannot trust it's own people in anything other than paying taxes with the little they have and creating unnecessary debt. We cannot farm our own land, we get sick from importing maize, sugar with mercury, old clothes from dead people abroad, useless foreign education, foreign food in restaurants, foreign God, foreign names, foreign languages,foreign diseases, foreign medicine,foreign cars, foreign financial institutions, foreign hair. No wonder we have become foreign in our own land. We can never do anything for ourselves. God give Kenya leaders not politicians. God help Kenya."
Kila wakati ni siasa. Hata baada ya uchaguzi siasa inaanza mara moja. Kwa nini mkristo Ruto haanzi kujenga viwanda vya kutoa ajira (employment) kwa vijana wengi wasio na kazi?
Kwa nini mkristo Ruto anatoa rushwa (bribe) hadharani (openly) kwa kuwahonga (bribe) matapeli wa makanisa ili apigiwe kura na "wafuasi kondoo - blind followers" wanaohudhuria kanisa lake 2022?
Inajulikana wazi ya kwamba watu waliteketezwa (barbecued) katika kanisa la Kiambaa huko Eldoret. Kwa nini Ruto hajapelekwa katika mahakma ya Kenya na kushtakiwa juu ya uhalifu huu?
Ni lazima mkristo Ruto aambiwe aache kutoa rushwa makanisani na aanze kujenga viwanda na ajitayarishe kuondoka kwenye utawala pamoja na Ndugu yake Uhuru 2022.
Ili Kenya ifufuke tena, ni lazima kila kiongozi aliyehusika na uongozi mbaya wa Mzee mkristo Toroitich astaafu (retire) 2022. Jameni, tunataka viongozi wapya ambao wataifanya Kenya kufufuka tena kwa kila jambo: usalama nchini na ajira kwa vijana wa nchi yetu.
"PALIPO NA NIA PANA NJIA. Where there is a will, there is a way."
The airport does need to be named Moi international airport. He does not need to be honored at all. There is nothing about his years in power that is honorable. Change the name now.
Mombasa airport I would say. International does not make sense. It's like democratic republic of congo which is not democratic. If the airport is international it will be obvious.
Lol..DRC, not.
Kenya is a funny country. For over 50 years of independence we have been paying for useless education. We have Engineers with degrees who cannot build even a simple road or renovate an already built airport. We have educated Accountants and Cpas, and Finance graduates, who cannot be consulted to upgrade such an airport. Kenyans are being reduced to idlers by this government. Kenyans have no jobs but everything is being done by foreigners. What kind of government is this that has created an environment whereby it cannot trust it's own people in anything other than paying taxes with the little they have and creating unnecessary debt. We cannot farm our own land, we get sick from importing maize, sugar with mercury, old clothes from dead people abroad, useless foreign education, foreign food in restaurants, foreign God, foreign names, foreign languages,foreign diseases, foreign medicine,foreign cars, foreign financial institutions, foreign hair. No wonder we have become foreign in our own land. We can never do anything for ourselves. God give Kenya leaders not politicians. God help Kenya!!!