NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 10 – Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has made a formal request to the National Police Service (NPS) to investigate possible sabotage and coverups due to the frequent power blackouts at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
In a statement, the transport CS indicated that the move was necessitated by the “frequency of the power disruption, and taking into account the fact that JKIA is a facility of strategic national importance.”
“We are making a formal request to the National Police Service to investigate possible acts of sabotage and coverup.”
The CS has also said that he has led a team that will assess the situation at JKIA.
“In the wake of tonight’s incident, I led a team composed of PS transport, Kenya Airports Authority Board Chairman, and managing director among other KAA officials to assess the situation at the airport,” stated the CS.
The CS has assured that the cleanup of the mess at JKIA is still progressing and” that KAA board is under strict instructions to carry on with the reforms agenda and the management and the management to implement, as directed, the report of the technical committee which I recently constituted”
