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Passengers feel the pinch of JKIA closure

Passengers disembark from a flight diverted to Moi International Airport in Mombasa, Wednesday.  [PHOTO: MAARUFU MOHAMED/STANDARD]

By Philip Mwakio and Maureen Odiwour

Nairobi, Kenya: Mombasa’s Moi International Airport (MIA) was stretched to the limit after flights were diverted there following a shut-down of Jomo Kenyatta airport in Nairobi.

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