Kenya's plan to modernize its main international airport has evolved into one of the country's most controversial infrastructure projects, drawing in Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo, Chinese contractors, labor unions, courts and senior government officials.
At the center of the dispute is the planned expansion of Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), East Africa's busiest aviation hub.
The project has become the subject of competing claims over its cost, ownership structure and the companies involved.
Since first being unveiled, the airport expansion has moved through a series of controversies, beginning with a proposed partnership involving India's Adani Group, before shifting to a Chinese-led project and later becoming embroiled in claims linking a company associated with Chivayo to the development.
Each phase has triggered fresh political debate, public scrutiny and government intervention, turning what was intended to be a flagship infrastructure upgrade into one of Kenya's most closely watched projects.
