Kenyan court halts proposed leasing of JKIA to Adani

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport

Motorists pass through security checks at the entrance of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. File | Nation Media Group

Kenya’s High Court has temporarily suspended the proposed plans to lease the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to Indian conglomerate Adani Enterprises.

In a case certified as urgent by the High Court, the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) and the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) challenged the push to take over the running of JKIA by the Indian company for a period of 30 years.