Kenya's plan to takeover KQ enters final stage

Kenya Airways planes are seen parked at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport near Nairobi, Kenya on March 6, 2019. PHOTO | THOMAS MUKOYA | REUTERS

Kenya Airways is moving closer to nationalisation with Parliament seeking to pass the National Aviation Management Bill 2020 that will make the airline one of three subsidiaries in a soon to be formed aviation holding company.

The State-backed Bill is one of the items on the legislative calendar released by the National Assembly Clerk Michael Sialai last week. The government had targeted to complete the process end of October last year but a section of MPs blocked the legislation in September owing to lack of public participation.