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Budget headwinds leave Sh260b funding hole for airports

When the first batch of travelers that used the Electronic Travel Authorization system to come to Kenya without Visa arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on January 05, 2024. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

International firms are jostling to take over the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport as the government opens up local aviation infrastructure to the private sector to fill a Sh260 billion financing gap.

The government recently disclosed that State-owned airports across the country face a Sh260 billion (Sh2 billion) financing hole to bring their operations up to date.

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