{{The Kenyan government is set to build a new temporary terminal with a capacity of 2.5 million passengers.}}<\/p>\n
President Uhuru Kenyatta who visited the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Friday evening said the new terminal will be ready in coming weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also intend to do a full refurbishment of Terminals 1, 2 and 3 once our new temporary terminal is ready,\u201d he revealed.<\/p>\n
The president said that Terminal 4 that is currently under construction will come on stream earlier than the projected March 4 2014.<\/p>\n
\u201cPassengers are coming in and going out, as it ought to be. They are not as comfortable as we\u2019d like them to be, but we are working on that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
To enhance passenger comfort, the President offered the use of the Presidential pavilion to boost operations of the airport.<\/p>\n
He said that Airport capacity is up to about 70 per cent while safety and security have significantly been enhanced.<\/p>\n
The President spoke JKIA after inspecting progress made towards returning the airport to normal operations.<\/p>\n
The airport resumed operations to all traffic at midnight Thursday.<\/p>\n
He said the cost of loss experienced during the incident has not been quantified.
\nThe government has also overhauled national disaster services, creating one coordinating agency to take charge during such incidences.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have received massive support, including financial, security equipment and others, from lending institutions and friendly governments to get this important regional hub back to full operations, and we are grateful to them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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