President William Ruto has assured Kenyans that the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) will still be upgraded despite the cancellation of the procurement process between Kenya Airpots Authority (KAA) and Adani.
Speaking on Tuesday, December 3, in Taita Taveta County, President Ruto emphasized the government’s commitment to establishing a new framework to ensure the project's success.
The Head of State further dismissed critics of the project, asserting that some have never even been to an airport.
"What gain do you make when you stop the building of an airport in your country? Those who are opposing have never even been to an airport. I want to assure you that we will build a new airport. We may have stopped Adani from doing it. I was confident that he was going to build our airport and he was going to do a good job.
"But because of the law that bars us from engaging with people who have cases, we stopped it. But that does not mean we are not going to build the airport. We are going to get a new framework and work with people who believe in this country to build a new airport for us because that is how the future is going to look like,” President Ruto remarked.
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The Head of State went ahead to exude confidence in his administration, maintaining that those who don't believe in the country are not going to succeed.
"The naysayers, the people who sabotage Kenya, the people who hate our country and those who don't believe in it will not succeed. We are going to change this country because we believe in it and we are going to do it because that is the right thing to do," the president explained.
Meanwhile, while cancelling the Adani deaal, President Ruto directed relevant government procurement offices to immediately seek alternative private entities interested in the project.
