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Protests over fresh Raila airport drama

PHOTO | BILLY MUTAI | FILE A section of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Cord leader Raila Odinga was unable to use VIP facilities at the airport on June 4 because they were locked, sparking fresh protests from his aides.

What you need to know:

  • Kenya Airports Authority corporate communications manager Dominic Ngigi said the airport regulators were not to blame
  • However, government spokesman Muthui Kariuki said the airports authorities should take responsibility for everything that happens within the airport
  • Parliament is expected to get an explanation on the Monday incident in which the former Prime Minister was unable to use the VIP lounge at the Jomo Kenyatta airport on his way to Kisumu

Cord leader Raila Odinga was again blocked from using VIP lounges at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

Mr Odinga had arrived from Kisumu airport on Tuesday night and was to catch a connecting flight to Johannesburg, South Africa. He drove into a hotel on Mombasa road where he was briefly booked in to prepare for his night flight after Kenya Airports Authority officials vanished, so the former Prime Minister could not use VIP III Lounge.