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Storm over Sh14b upgrade of sleepy airports, airstrips

Suneka Airstrip in Kisii County. Construction works on the airport have stalled for more than two years.

The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has revealed plans to spend Sh14 billion to upgrade airports and airstrips across the country, even as MPs questioned the viability of some of the projects. 

According to a parliamentary committee, some of the facilities where the billions are being poured hardly record a flight in as long as a year and have remained commercially unviable, despite attracting huge tax-payers funding. 

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