Nairobi, Sept. 21 -- Tycoons have started clearing their aircraft currently on auction at various airports across the country after the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) declared them a safety risk.
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) said some have been cleared while others are still lying idle at airports.
The KAA, the agency in charge all Kenyan airports, had given the aircraft's owners 30 days starting August 14 to claim them or have them sold through public auction.
The 101 planes include those owned by politicians for short flights and aircraft that belong to commercial air operators such as Jetlink, 748 Air Services, Silverstone among other operators.
Aircraft belonging to State agencies like Moi University , Kenya Police and ...