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From financing to procurement: Who is fooling whom in JKIA expansion deal?

By Macharia Kamau | 1d ago

Roads and Transport Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir addresses a media briefing on the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport upgrade deal in Nairobi, on June 18, 2026. [Benard Orwongo Standard]

The government has denied contracting controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo’s firm IMC Construction Kenya the contract to modernise and expand the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), and further said the project amount is in the region of Sh154 billion. 

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