State woos private sector to grow Kisumu airport

Transport PS Irungu Nyakera (right) is joined by Kisumu Governor Jack Ranguma (centre) and the Rift Valley Railways CEO Isaiah Okoth during the inspection of infrastructure facilities at Kisumu Port. The PS earlier on toured Kisumu Airport.

The Government has challenged other stakeholders to help grow Kisumu International Airport, which is struggling to live up to its international status even after a Sh3.3 billion facelift.

Transport Principal Secretary Nyakera Irungu said the State is looking into ways of repositioning the airport to improve returns on heavy financial investments pumped into its upgrade. But he called on players in the private sector to also devise ways of keeping the airport busy.