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Budget headwinds leave Sh260b funding hole for airports

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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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