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The government has contracted a company owned by a controversial man to undertake the expansion and modernisation of Kenya’s main aviation hub - the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
IMC Construction Kenya, which is owned by Wicknell Chivayo - a controversial Zimbabwean businessman who now appears to have deep ties with the Kenya Kwanza regime and China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), a subsidiary of Chinese state-owned firm China Communications Construction Company, have won the Sh375 billion ($2.9 billion) tender to upgrade JKIA.
The project will entail the improvement of existing airfield and terminals. It will also include the development of a new passenger terminal building and associated landside, airside and support facilities.
Lack of transparency was among the issues that were raised when the government handed JKIA to Adani Group of India. Stakeholders questioned how the firm’s privately initiated proposal was reviewed and passed without input from critical players. It is what led Kenyans to reject Adani's planned take-over of the airport for 30 years.
