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Migori eyes Lichota airstrip upgrade to boost trade

A light aircraft that belongs to Air Kenya on the runway of the completed Migori Airstrip on February 6, 2022. [Caleb Kingwara, Standard]

A wave of optimistism is sweeping through South Nyanza over the business prospects the upgrading of Lichota airstrip in Migori promises to bring to the region.

Traders are optimistic that the airstrip will open the region to trade as well as tourism and are banking their hopes on the facility to revive the region's economy.

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