Uhuru issues directive on passenger handling at JKIA

President Uhuru Kenyatta has directed the Kenya Airports Authority to improve the passenger handling capacity of the international arrivals terminal at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

The President, who toured the terminal immediately after arriving from South Africa where he attended the 25th African Union Summit, said KAA should undertake all measures necessary to increase efficiency within the next two weeks.

The President went straight to the international arrivals terminal after disembarking from his plane, together with First Lady Margaret Kenyatta, Acting Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia, Kenya Airports Authority Chairman David Kimaiyo and the Acting Managing Director of the Kenya Airports Authority Yatich Kangugo.

President Kenyatta’s directive comes ahead of the start of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit that will be held in Nairobi on July 25-26, 2015.

The Summit will be attended by world leaders, including United States President Barack Obama and thousands of participants.

The plane carrying the President landed shortly before 9.30 pm

He was received at the airport by Internal Security Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery, the Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces General Samson Mwathethe, Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinett and other senior government officials.