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\"Kenyan Kenyan president, William Ruto<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Kenyan President William Ruto has ordered the cancellation of a procurement process that had been expected to award control of the country\u2019s main airport to India\u2019s Adani Group after its founder was indicted in the United States.<\/p>\n

Ruto made the announcement on Thursday in his state of the nation address.<\/p>\n

Under the proposed deal worth nearly $2bn, the Adani Group was to add a second runway at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and upgrade the passenger terminal in exchange for a 30-year lease.<\/p>\n

Ruto also said he was cancelling a separate 30-year, $736m public-private partnership that an Adani Group firm signed with the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum last month to construct power transmission lines.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have directed agencies within the Ministry of Transport and within the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum to immediately cancel the ongoing procurement,\u201d Ruto said, attributing the decision to \u201cnew information provided by investigative agencies and partner nations\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ruto\u2019s announcement was met with thunderous applause and cheers from lawmakers in parliament, where he gave his address. The deals have drawn sharp criticism from many politicians and members of the public over concerns about a lack of transparency and value for money.<\/p>\n

Representatives from the Adani Group did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

US authorities said in the indictment on Wednesday that group founder Gautam Adani, one of the world\u2019s richest people, and seven other defendants agreed to pay about $265m in bribes to Indian government officials.<\/p>\n

The Adani Group denied the allegations and said in a statement that it would seek \u201call possible legal recourse\u201d.<\/p>\n

Protests<\/b><\/p>\n

The Adani Group made the airport proposal in March under a procedure that circumvents competitive bidding, but it did not become public until July through a leak on social media.<\/p>\n

A Kenyan court temporarily blocked it in September in response to a lawsuit arguing it did not offer taxpayers value for money.<\/p>\n

Senior government officials, including Ruto, had repeatedly defended the deals despite allegations made in 2023 by US short-seller Hindenburg Research \u2013 denied by the Adani Group \u2013 of improper governance practices at the company.<\/p>\n

As late as Thursday morning, Energy Minister Opiyo Wandayi told senators he expected the transmission lines contract to go ahead because there was no bribery or corruption involved in its awarding.<\/p>\n

George Kamau, a Kenyan lawyer specialising in public procurement, said the Adani Group might go to arbitration to challenge the cancellations, especially of the transmission lines deal, which had already been signed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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