Nelson Amenya Exposes Kenya's Secret Deal For JKIA With Dubai Firm

Nelson Amenya Exposes Kenya’s Secret Deal For JKIA With Dubai Firm

Nelson Amenya has sounded the alarm over an alleged new deal between the government and a corporation in the Middle East.

Amenya is the whistleblower who made national headlines for disclosing facts about the contentious Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) contract with Indian investment firm Adani Group.

The whistleblower, who has remained under the radar in recent months, emerged with explosive claims that the government planned to sell over management and rights to a crucial airport to a Dubai-based corporation.

Amenya also claimed that the Adani Group, which was previously involved in a now-cancelled airport and power infrastructure agreement, would be behind the alleged arrangement.

More sensationally, Amenya said that the administration intended to utilize Kenyan taxpayers as a guarantee for the investment.

“The Kenyan government is planning to give the airport to some company in Dubai (being a tax haven, it could be Adani behind it) and will use the country’s balance sheet as a sovereign guarantee,” Amenya alleged.

Kenyan govt is planning to give the airport to some company in Dubai (being a tax haven it could be Adani behind it) and will use the country’s balance sheet as a sovereign guarantee. We are dealing with criminoos. If a company has the money and they believe the airport is a…
— Nelson Amenya (@amenya_nelson) May 13, 2025

While challenging the government’s objectives, Amenya backed up his accusations by asking why the investment needed to be guaranteed if it was authentic.

“If a company has the money and they believe the airport is a worthy investment, why would they need taxpayers to underwrite the deal?” he posed.

Amenya received much praise for gaining access to vital documents exposing the government’s plan to lease JKIA to an Indian corporation, Adani Airport Holdings Limited.

The 30-year-old revealed in 2024 that he had documentation about the multibillion-shilling agreement from reliable sources within government ministries.

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Since his exposé, Adani has faced heavy scrutiny from Kenyans, and President William Ruto eventually terminated the contract after it was revealed that crucial transparency issues had been ignored.

Ruto’s announcement on the Kenya-Adani transaction came less than a day after the company’s leaders were indicted in an ongoing lawsuit in the United States federal court on a Ksh32 billion graft accusation.

Interestingly, Amenya’s latest charges follow reports that Kenya had acquired a loan of Ksh193 billion from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with a reported interest rate of 8.2 percent.

The loan was expected to be disbursed in February 2025.

Nelson Amenya Exposes Kenya’s Secret Deal For JKIA With Dubai Firm