The government has awarded China Communications Construction Company the Ksh375.4 billion ($2.9 billion) contract for the upgrade and expansion of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) under the recently established National Infrastructure Fund (NIF).

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The award of the tender to the Chinese state-owned firm comes months after President William Ruto announced that construction works would begin in June 2026, following the government’s receipt of seed capital for the NIF from the privatisation of the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC).

According to reporting from Bloomberg , the award to CCCC marks a return to large-scale infrastructure financing through Chinese contractors after the cancellation of a previous concession deal with India’s Adani Group two years ago.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke