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JKIA Prepares For Vaccine Roll, Are Kenyans Ready For The Jab?
By David Indeje / Published February 23, 2021 | 3:13 pm KEY POINTS
The fortunate thing about Jomo Kenyatta is it has the biggest capacity within the East Africa region because of the nature of our trade.
By Clinton Ochieng
Kenya’s main airport in the CBD Jomo Kenyatta International Airport will not find it hard to switch from handling fruits to importing vaccines because extensive cold storages are already in place.
Among Kenya’s main exports are farm commodities such as fresh fruit and vegetables, which must be kept cold before being loaded onto planes at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
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February 23rd 2021 at 11:02:09 GMT +0300
The newly launched Astral Aviation Cargo Plane at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), Nairobi on Friday January 21, 2021. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]
Kenya’s main airport in Nairobi will find it easy to switch from handling fruit to importing vaccines because it already has extensive cold storage, a leading logistics executive says.
Farm commodities such as fresh fruit and vegetables, which must be kept cold before being loaded onto planes at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, are among Kenya’s main exports.
“The fortunate thing about Jomo Kenyatta is it has the biggest capacity within the East Africa region because of the nature of our trade,” Daniel Tanui, managing director of Mitchell Cotts, one of the biggest logistics companies in the country, told Reuters.
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