#OccupyJKIA Explained: What You Need to Know About Protest

As protests in Kenya take a different turn as the government employs scare tactics, part of the Opposition salivating to join it and propaganda being unleashed online to scare would-be protestors or to besmirch perceived rivals, many Kenyans are wondering what the latest push to occupy the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is all about.

The pretest is against corruption, the sort of corruption that created Ken-Ren (Jomo Kenyatta-Mwai Kibaki) Goldenberg (Daniel Moi – George Saitoti/Musalia Mudavadi), Anglo Leasing (Mwai Kibaki – Daudi Mwairaria) and many other scandals that have left Kenya reeling under heavy loans, and unmanageable inflation.

The latest scandal being perpetrated by the government through the Ministry of Transport is a mega deal that is intended to hand over Kenya’s premier international airport to private hands controlled by kenyans behind- the-scenes, much like some shadowy firm acquired major shareholding in Safaricom, a Kenyan government investment, through a shadowy shell company called M0obitelea, which became a partner in Vodaphone, the main company that allegedly bought majority shareholding in Safaricom. In short, JKIA is being taken over by Kenyan crooks with the help of Indian accomplices with a criminal record.

he shady deal was firs exposed online by one Nelson Amanya, who persisted through X spaces to explain what the deal meant and the shadowy individuals behind it. rather than stop, it, the Kenyan government has persisted in executing the deal and seeing it through since some very very senior figures at the peak of the government are beneficiaries. But, like in any deal that involved corrupt African government officials, they are getting the short end of the stick while selling their nation’s interests to individuals whose interest is it to milk the county dry and repatriate the profits back to their motherlands.

Here it is in specific detail:

1. The JKIA deal will take control of the airport from the Kenya Airports Authority and National Airport Services and give it to an Indian company, Adani Group. which has a corrupt tract record. This was the same track taken by the architects of the Goldenberg Scandal wo gave control of the Kenya Duty Free shops to a shadowy foreign company, in which President Daniel Moi was led into believing he had financial interests. he only realised he had been duped when no shares were forthcoming and the foreign owners of the deal showed up to claim what the had been sold. Moi got hot air, the same way Zakayo is likely to get hot air.

In the JKIA deal, the “Indians” and their local accomplices will get control of JKIA for 30 years. The control will include the airport’s 11,000 acres of land, which borders the DoD and police camps and is near the Kenyattas’ Northlands estate.

2. The Adani Group of India is one of that country’s most corrupt business entities involved in tax evasion, fraud and money laundering and specializes in the sort of fraud that was introduced to Kenya by disgraced fraudster billionaire Kamlesh Pattni through Goldenberg. The Adani Group faces multiple fraud cases in India.

3. The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) is under pressure to transfer the title deed of the JKIA, a national asset t the Adani Group, which will have a Kenya subsidiary to run its business here. It is believed that the Kenyan subsidiary has Kenyan majority shareholding and the Adanis are a mere front. Youi can guess who the Kenyan shareholders are. That title deed will be used as collateral by the Adani Group, which is currently in debt, to secure funding for the “development” of JKIA – means the project will be a conduit to acquire money as the development of JKIA will be funded by taxpayers funds

4. Recently re-nominated former Energy CS as Transport and Roads CS Davis Chirchir is a corruption expert. He knows the details and knows the execution. he was behind the electricity cost escalation due to hidden corruption. Money was” hidden’ in electricity and fuel costs to ensure the Big Boys got their share without raising eyebrows. In short, the public was made to give money to those in government by paying higher levies. he has been taken to transport to oversee the deals as, unlike Murkomen, he’s more discreet and less opulent. Murkomen;s only failing was being flamboyant and obnoxious.

Davis Chirchir is a front for the corruption interests in the Ruto administration – he was sacked by Uhuru Kenyatta over corruption allegations but was reinstate into the cabinet when Ruto took over. The KK-dominated National Assembly did not question why he was being returned or why he had been sacked – it simply endorsed him because he presented the boss’s interests.

5. There’s urgency to ink the deal as the architects anticipated protests due to its wildly unrealistic and corrupt nature – it was intended to be pushed quietly and the profits shared – the deal-makers in the Kenya government would put down the protests using the police and military – state force being used to protect an illegality and profiting a few individuals who don’t care about national assets, only their corruption benefits.

6. A consulting firm paid Ksh160 million by the Ruto administration has raised questions as to why the deal was being rushed yet there were so many queries that needed to be addressed before it was concluded. Th tendering as done through “restricted Tendering”, which means that it was not advertised, there was no public participation and the firms that were invited to bid were quietly invited to submit bids. Tis usually happens when the tendering entity wants to favour select companies or those providing the services or goods being sought are few, specialised and known. It’s also done in defence contracting. In the case of JKIA, a commercial entity, there was no need for secrecy in tendering except tat he deal makers met in Dubai and agreed to use that process to ensure there was no competition and the deal was closed as quickly as possible.