Murkomen Assures Kenyans JKIA Will Never Experience Power Outages Again: "A Thing Of The Past"

• Kipchumba Murkomen received a status report aimed at ensuring JKIA lives up to its billing as an airport of international repute
• CS Murkomen announced that manual interventions have also been put in place at JKIA, and faulty control systems have been rectified
• KAA has also expanded cabling systems and installed inverters to avert blackouts at JKIA by allowing a 15-second transition time

Dennis Lubanga, a Kenyan journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings more than 10 years of experience covering politics, news, and feature stories across digital and print media in Kenya.

Nairobi - Roads and Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has said that he has received a status update from the leadership of Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) and Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) on the improvements being undertaken at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).

The report is aimed at ensuring JKIA lives up to its billing as an airport of international repute.

"KAA leadership has assured me that issues of blackouts at JKIA are now a thing of the past after they replaced the time-based system with a logic-based system that will allow a seamless transition to backup power during blackouts," Murkomen said.

In a statement posted on his X account on the evening of Tuesday, December 19, Murkomen announced that manual interventions have also been put in place, faulty control systems rectified, cabling systems expanded, and inverters installed to avert blackouts at the airport by allowing a 15-second transition time.

Who else attended the meeting with Kipchumba Murkomen

The CS further said that the meeting was attended by Transport Principal Secretary Mohamed Daghar, KAA acting Managing Director Henry Ogoye, KCAA Managing Director Emile Arao, and Director Air Transport Nicholas Bodo, among others.

How Rigathi Gachagua defended Kipchumba Murkomen

TUKO.co.ke earlier reported that Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua defended Murkomen against the continued failure of backup generators at JKIA.

Speaking during the Kimalel goat auction and cultural festival in Baringo county, on Thursday, December 14, Gachagua said the CS played no role in the purchase of the "fake generators" and, as such, could not be held accountable for the power outages.

"I have seen some people confronting Murkomen to resign because the JKIA generator has failed. Was he the one who bought them? It was bought by the previous regime, and it was fake. That is why, when you power it on, it powers off," he asserted.

Praising the CS for his tremendous efforts, Gachagua advised him to fetch a good machine that would quickly restore power supply in case of blackouts.

In addition, he slammed Kenyans for confronting state officials without conducting a background check on what transpired, leading to the unfortunate situation.