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Barasa asks Transport CS to solve Kakamega Airstrip crisis

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Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa. [Benard Lusigi, Standard]

Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa has called on the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure to quickly step in and upgrade the infrastructural problems facing Kakamega Airstrip.

This comes a day after Skyward Express suspended flights in and out of Kakamega Airstrip over what they termed poor state of the runway.

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