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September 30, 2025
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How KQ's Sh387b dream crashed before takeoff

How KQ's Sh387b dream crashed before takeoff

Project Mawingu, launched in 2012, was expected to push KQ into a global airline with 119 destinations by 2021...

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A parliamentary committee revealed that Kenya Airways' (KQ) ambitious Sh387 billion (USD3 billion) "Mawingu" expansion project, aimed at dominating the African aviation market, ultimately failed to take off as expected.

  • The project was valued at approximately Sh387 billion (USD3 billion).
  • Allan Kilavuka, CEO of Kenya Airways, testified before the National Assembly Committee on Public Debt and Privatisation.
  • The project's objective was to achieve market dominance for KQ in the African aviation sector.

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