Kiambu to Build Sh1 Billion Hospital, Nursing School
Kiambu county government plans to put up a neurosurgery hospital and school worth more than Sh1 billion. The first class model hospital, which may be put up in Kiambu town, will be third in the world after the China and United States neurosurgery hospitals.
Speaking to the Star in his office in Thika yesterday, Kiambu Deputy Governor Gerald Githinji said the hospital will serve 600 million people from Africa - mainly from East and Central Africa.
Kenya starts work on $650 million airport expansion
Kenya began work on a $653 million expansion of the capital's main airport on Tuesday, the second large-scale infrastructure project it has launched in a week aimed at boosting trade and cementing its status as a regional commercial hub.
The new terminal will be able to handle 20 million passengers when completed, three times the existing passenger flow through the airport, whose arrivals hall was gutted by a massive blaze in August.
Kenya's market regulator set to license futures exchange operators
Kenya is processing applications for licences to operate derivatives exchanges from both local and foreign firms, the capital markets regulator said on Tuesday, as Nairobi inches towards its goal of becoming an international financial centre.
Paul Muthaura, acting chief executive of the Capital Markets Authority (CMA), told Reuters after a media briefing that such exchanges were vital to that plan, but he did not say when operators would be chosen nor when exchanges would open.
Uhuru launches construction of new JKIA terminal
President Kenyatta said that the intention is to make JKIA the most convenient, comfortable and secure airport in Africa.
“The construction of this new Greenfield Terminal with a capacity to handle more than 20 million passengers and eventually a second runway that is planned for this airport, will enable Kenya attain her National Vision 2030 aspirations to be a middle income country,” he explained.
