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Amos Khaemba, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings over three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.
Nairobi—Government spokesperson Isaac Mwaura has spoken about the Adani Group's proposed takeover of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
On Wednesday, September 11, operations at the JKIA and Moi International Airport in Mombasa were paralysed after aviation workers protested the alleged deal between the government and Adani Group.
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However, Mwaura downplayed the objections, saying that the Adani-JKIA deal is only at the proposal stage.
He disclosed that Transport Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir was meeting with the Kenya Aviation Workers Union (KAWU) and would offer a comprehensive statement after their deliberations.
"The Adani JKIA venture is only but a proposal. The CS Ministry of Transport Davis Chirchir PS Transport Mohammed Daghar and officials of Kenya Aviation Workers Union (KAWU) are currently in a meeting and a statement will be issued shortly," Mwaura said.
Elsewhere, Nairobi woman representative Esther Passaris downplayed Kenyans' objections to leasing the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to the Adani Group.
Speaking at JKIA on Wednesday, September 11, Passaris defended the deal, saying it will benefit the country more.
Passaris shared her experience at an Indian airport, the Ahmedabad Airport, which the Adani Group reportedly built.
Passaris said the airport was in a poor state before Adani Group transformed it into a world-class facility.
According to Passaris, Kenyans need to understand what the Adani Group is going to do at the JKIA airport.
Proofreading by Otukho Jackson, a multimedia journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke
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