The Kenyan government has received a proposal from Adani Airport Holdings Ltd., led by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, to invest in Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), the nation’s primary airfield.
The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) announced that Adani’s company offered to construct a new passenger terminal and a second runway in Nairobi, along with refurbishing existing facilities.
KAA Acting Managing Director Henry Ogoye stated that the proposal will undergo thorough technical, financial, and legal reviews to ensure compliance with Kenya’s public-private partnership laws.
This announcement follows lawmaker Richard Onyonka’s petition for parliamentary scrutiny of a potential build-operate-transfer agreement with Adani.
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project raised concerns about the private proposal, noting that experts earlier this year recommended a public tender for the project.
The KAA directed inquiries regarding the OCCRP report to Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi’s office, which is yet to respond.
The estimated cost for upgrading JKIA is $1.85 billion, with $830 million needed in the first five years.
Adani Airport manages eight airports in India.
