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Dubai-Nairobi flights will not increase, says CS

Transport CS James Macharia. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Kenya has declined an application by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to increase flights from Dubai to Nairobi, and vice versa.

In a move seen to protect the national carrier Kenya Airways, Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia said the government had resolved to deny Emirates unrestricted flights from the two cities.

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