Raila Odinga criticizes Kenyans who opposed the contract of Adani, again: “shame to them”

• Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has defended himself over the billions of ADANI-JKIA
• During the ODM parliamentary session, the former prime minister described how Kenya lost after the agreement was canceled
• The ODM party leader further claimed that some Kenyans were paid to humiliate Adani

Nairobi – Leader of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), Raila Odingahe has strongly condemned Kenyans who opposed the Adani agreement.

Adani had won a billion dollar bid to reform Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).

Why was the Adani-Jukia contract canceled?

The KSh 637 billion agreement of Adani would allow India’s Kikosci to run Jomo Kenyatta International Airport with Ketraco for 30 years.

However, the President William Ruto He ordered the cancellation of the bid following a series of protests by Kenyans who opposed the agreement.

On Machakos on Monday, September 22, Raila criticized those behind the cancellation of the Adani contract, claiming they had personal interests.

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Why did Raila Odinga defend himself about the Adani-JKIA agreement

According to the former Prime Minister, Adani was planning to make a lot of money to change the face of JKIA and Nairobi.

“When Adani came here and they wanted to renovate the airport, a lot of noise emerged in parliament for no reason. Raila told ODM MPs.

The opposition leader claimed some people were paid to humiliate Adani’s name because they were interested in JKIA’s contract.

“Now, such a program is being done in Kigali; they are building an international Kigali airport, something similar to what Adani wanted to do in Kenya. Kigali will be a center center, not in Nairobi, because of the noise created by other sides, which were also interested in doing what Adani had to do and pay people secretly to make noise in the newspapers, shame to them!” The former prime minister said.

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Will the Ruto government build a new airport?

In related information, the government of Kenya first It showed a plan to build a new airport instead of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

At a public -private partnership meeting (PPP) Nairobi on Monday, the Secretary of the Ministry of Transport, Davis Chirchir, said the move aims to address the long -standing infrastructure challenges and strengthen Kenya’s position as a regional air center.

Chirchir noted that the project would be run through the PPP, despite preliminary challenges, including the cancellation of Adani’s contract to improve JKIA in November last year.

The shipping secretary said the new device would help make Kenya a priority gate for travelers.

He urged Kenyans to support the government’s efforts to build a modern airline.

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