KENYA AIRPORT AUTHORITY MANAGEMENT CHANGES

The government has terminated the contract of the Kenya Airport Authority Managing Director, Alex Gitari. This follows a power outage witnessed on Friday night in major parts of the country where Jomo Kenyatta International Airport was not spared leading to flight passengers getting stranded in darkness for at least two hours.

Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen also announced that Henry Ogoye will assume the position of Managing Director in an acting capacity.  Ogoye was serving as the Head of Corporate Planning at the authority.

The CS also transferred JKIA manager Abel Gogo to Mombasa International Airport. Gogo will be replaced by Kisumu International Airport manager Selina Gor who will now oversee day-to-day operations at JKIA. Peter Wafula who was in Mombasa has been moved to Kisumu International Airport in the same capacity.

Murkomen made the changes after visiting the airport Saturday morning following last night’s countrywide power outage.