The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has postponed a stakeholders consultative forum on Kenya Airways (KQs) bid to take over the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA ) scheduled for Friday.
The cancellation is after several stakeholders in the Aviation sector complained that they have not read the Privately Initiated Investment Proposal (PIIP) from KQ to manage JKIA for 30 years.
On Wednesday, they had threatened to boycott the forum.
“All stakeholders and public forum sessions postponed. New dates will be communicated, “Read a text message from KAAs communication head Angela Cherono.
Speaking on Wednesday to Hot News, some stakeholders said they will boycott the forum because they have not been provided with details in the (PIIP).
They said they cannot attend a meeting and be forced to participate yet they do not know what the PIIP contains.
On 28th January, KAA MD Jonny Andersen wrote to all the stakeholders at JKIA requesting them to attend a stakeholder consultation forum on Friday at 9am at Four Points Hotel.
Andersen said the forum will outline details of the (PIIP) and solicit the stakeholder’s views and proposals.
On October 3rd 2018, KQ wrote to KAA a (PIIP) that Andersen said is in line with the public private partnership act no 15 of 2013 laws of Kenya.
“In its (PIIP), KQ requested to be granted concession for 30 years to operate, maintain and develop JKIA which is Kenya’s main airport through a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV),” Andersen wrote.
The PIIP says that KQ and the SPV will be managed under one management structure.
KQ said the proposal to acquire and manage JKIA is aimed at making the Airline competitive in the region and ensuring it makes profit.