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Transport Ministry mulls fund to expand, spruce up airstrips

When expansion works were conducted on Suneka Airstrip in Kisii County. [Eric Abuga, Standard]

The government plans to start sprucing up airstrips across the country, many of them dilapidated after years of neglect, in what it said would help grow local air travel.

The Transport ministry yesterday said it is in the process of setting up a kitty that will be used in the development and maintenance of airstrips.

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