Kenya axes airport expansion, power transmission deals with Indian firm


NAIROBI, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday ordered relevant government agencies to cancel the procurement process to expand the country's main airport by the Indian conglomerate Adani Group.

While delivering his State of the Nation Address in the parliament in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, Ruto also directed the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum to cancel a 739-million-U.S.-dollar deal the ministry had signed with a subsidiary of the Adani Group to construct electricity transmission lines.

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