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KAA dismisses Adani deal claims over JKIA expansion plans

Control Tower at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport(JKIA), Nairobi on November 7, 2023. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has dismissed claims that India's Adani Group is  staging a back-door return to the expansion of the country's main airport through proxy companies linked to the conglomerate.

KAA Acting Managing Director Dr Mohamud Gedi dismissed reports that Nassir Ali Shaban Ahli, a UAE citizen, and Chang Chung-Ling, a Taiwanese national were being used as proxies to channel Adani's interests into the modernisation and expansion of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi.

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