A parliamentary committee was unable to make an investment proposal for JKIA, and therefore adjourned the meeting that only took place for an hour. The meeting was scheduled to try and make profits from the ailing Airport as well as the takeover of JKIA from Kenya Airports Authority(KAA).
The National Assembly’s Transport committee was forced to suspend its sittings after Planning Principal Secretary Esther Koimett said she had no Privately Initiated Investments Proposal (PIIP) that KQ submitted to KAA on October 5, 2018.
Ms Koimett made the disclosure in the company of KQ managing director Sebastian Mikosz and KAA’s Johnny Andersen.
“I don’t have the proposal with me here. We can make arrangements for KQ to submit it within reasonable time. This can be done within an hour,” Ms Koimett told the committee chaired by David Pkosing.
Mr Pkosing demanded that the PIIP be tabled before the meeting can go on and proceeded to adjourn the sitting for an hour to allow KQ deliver the document.
“Since this is document that was sent to KAA, it is in a file somewhere and you can send a motorbike to deliver it here,” Moses Kuria, the committee vice chairperson said.
Mr Pkosing directed Ms Koimett to ensure that Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia attends the meeting in person when the session resumes at midday.
KQ demanded access to confidential Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) data and critical IT systems two days before it tabled the proposal to take over management of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
The national carrier, known by its international code KQ, equally demanded unfettered access to JKIA’s facilities in which it conducted site visits as part of its due diligence, documents tabled before Parliament’s Public Investments Committee (PIC) have shown.
Mr Mikosz, in a confidential memo written on October 3, 2018 to KAA managing director Johnny Andersen, requested data and information two days ahead of submitting the Privately Initiated Investment Proposal (PIIP) to KAA on October 5.
“Please let me emphasise that access to the respective JKIA resources by conducting site visits as well as access to key resources such as KAA’s management and IT systems might be also critical for the efficient and successful execution of the transaction,” Mr Mikosz wrote in a letter received by KAA on October 4.