President Uhuru Kenyatta has confirm Kenya ’s allegiance to improving the civil air substructure , saying the diligence plays a vital role in economic growing and internal ontogenesis .
The President point out that air transport , together with funding services , lead 0.4 percent of Kenya ’s Gross Domestic Product ( GDP ) , translating into a employee turnover of USD 232.79 million last year . President Kenyatta said the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport stomach over 17,000 jobs for Kenyans directly and an additional 600,000 indirectly , making it the nerve middle of the national economy .
“ On the whole spectrum our airports manage over 10.1 million passengers and over 290,000 tonnes of international cargo in 2017 , an step-up of 3.5 per cent compare to the previous year . This confident growth has been a result of sound and resilient direction and investment , ” President Kenyatta said .
The Head of State was speaking when he presided over the prescribed opening of the eleventh forum of the International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO ) Air Services Negotiation meeting at Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi . President Kenyatta observed that about 80 percent of tourists visiting Kenya use air transport , which also is the easygoing and fastest means to carry perishable produce across the ball , such as horticulture garden truck and fresh blossom .
“ It is for these reasons that my Government is trust to investing in the supplying of suitable aviation infrastructure to facilitate the manufacture and enable it to play its decisive role in boosting the growth of our saving , ” President Kenyatta say .
note that Kenya assent to the Convention on International Civil Aviation in 1964 , he assure that the country will continue to be an active Member of the International Civil Aviation Organization . “ It is in this context that my Government has taken footmark to better civil aviation related infrastructure , safety oversight and security system , ” he said .
The President expressed gratification that Kenya now has been classified under class 1 condition by the Federal Aviation Administration and grant the Last period of Departure status by the TSA , both agencies of the US Government . With the attainment of Category 1 status , the national attack aircraft carrier Kenya Airways can now fly direct to John F. Kennedy International Airport . The inaugural lineal flying took topographic point on twenty-eighth October 2018 .
President Kenyatta informed the meeting that Kenya has importantly increase its levels of implementation on ICAO Safety and Security Standards . This is evidenced by Kenya ’s serious performance in recent audited account under the Continuous Monitoring Approach mechanism , where they stood at 78.15 and 89 percent respectively , the President said . “ This put Kenya among the top quarter States globally and among the top five in Africa in ensuring compliance with ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices in Safety Oversight and Aviation Security , ” the President read .
Regionally , President Kenyatta said Kenya continue to play her role in the formulation and execution of initiatives adopted for the safe , secure and sustainable polite air travel scheme throughout the African continent . He emphasized that these enterprisingness are aimed at improving zephyr connectivity , boil down price of melody transferral and ensuring the sustainable development of aviation transport in Africa that will further meliorate service delivery .
The President also note that the wide - order outside regulatory frameworks have help in curb air travel incidents to sustain the confidence of the public in travelling by airlines and express the need to enhance cross - industry and multi - stakeholder talks . “ Indeed , with the telephone number of air travellers projected to duplicate in the next two decennary , collaboration among stakeholders becomes even more decisive so as to tackle Modern and shared out exposure , ” President Kenyatta said .
Other speakers at the event that attract participants from across the ball included Transport and Infrastructure Cabinet Secretary James Macharia and the President of ICAO Council Dr. Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu .
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