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Homa Bay airstrip unlocks region's door of opportunity

Residents of Kabunde Village in Homa Bay county mill around an aeroplane that landed at the county’s airstrip yesterday after CORD leader Raila Odinga launched it. [PHOTO: DENISH OCHIENG/STANDARD

KENYA: The western Kenya tourism circuit got a shot in the arm yesterday when an airstrip was opened in Homa Bay County.

Kabunde airstrip in Homa Bay Town Constituency was officially opened in a ceremony presided over by CORD leader Raila Odinga.

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