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Kakamega airstrip. Several issues are threatening plans to elevate the airstrip into airport status. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]
A compensation row is brewing between the county and national government over the planned expansion of the Kakamega airstrip.
Although the national government promised to compensate the affected locals, Governor Fernandes Barasa and Senator Boni Khalwale are reading different scripts.
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