Rwanda’s new airport dubbed Bugesera International airport is located 25Km South of Kigali. The project will cost about 81 billion Kshs. Phase I which is ongoing will cost about 40 billion Kshs. It’s being carried out by a Portuguese contractor and targets a passenger capacity of 1.8 million by 2020. The overall project targets about 7.8 million passengers. Does Rwanda need a new airport? Yes and yes, the current airport at Kigali is constrained offering little room for expansion due to terrain and proximity to the city. For Rwanda it is not a race to be a giant but a necessity for economic growth. How can Nairobi benefit? JKIA could be the greatest beneficiary of this project (with good governance in place). It is no surprise that Qatar has decided to invest the project since Africa will soon have an air travel boom. Just like European airports supplement each other, JKIA and Bugesera can work together and build capacity for the regional market in East and Central Africa.
Rwanda is doing so well. I hope Paul Kagame has groomed somebody to take over from him because we all saw what happened. How opposition behaved after Moi left.
Vocal critics of corruption like Orengo became what they were criticising KANU about. Koigi wa Wamwere went to parliament and started doubling and tripling their salaries.
Paul Kagame is well loved and respected. He can have a powerful deputy president without feeling threatened.
But I fault him for his military adventures in eastern Congo where he was stealing natural resources
I lol every time I see Kenyans stepping over each other to shout the loudest how Rwanda doesn’t have “democracy”.
A lot of African countries will do with lesser democratic rights. The average African isn’t educated and socialized enough to make smart democratic choices, they simply don’t know what’s best for them.
Even Kenya is suffering from “selective” democracy, with the ruling class using their powers to oppress others.
Chester you have the thinking of an imperialist. Your whole way of thinking is twisted.
If u steal for the interests of the country as a whole rather than individual enrichment then I support…even Europeans developed on stolen resources from Africa… What matters in the end is patriotism to your country and her people
Rwanda is using our own plans against us.
JKIA is doomed…
Europe was developed long before they came to Africa en masse.
And most European nations did not have colonies anyway
Citation?
Did Switzerland have a colony? And they have a large chunk of wealth stolen from Africa, I think you know how…