KAA settles on contractor to build Nakuru airport

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

After KAA, opened bids for the construction work last month, it has picked a contractor who will begin work in the coming weeks.
The Sh3 billion project, located at the 81Tanks Battalion barracks, will see the Lanet Airstrip elevated into a modern airport.
Nakuru County relies on refrigerated trucks to ferry the produce to JKIA and the new .
The county is also eyeing the construction of the Sh520 million Lake Naivasha waterfront to shore up tourism numbers

For nearly two decades, Nakuru's journey towards having an airport has been bumpy and the idea remained just a dream.

However, 16 years later, the idea that was conceived in 2004, before the advent of devolution, will soon become a reality.