KENYA: AMECEA Programs not Disrupted by fire at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA)

AMECEA Scheduled
programs for training in Ethiopia have not been disrupted by the fire that
burned down the immigration and international arrival terminals on 7th
August 2013.

Information from
Airport authority says services resumed this morning by two Kenya Airways international flights; one from
Bangkok and another from London were allowed to land at JKIA this morning. 
The fire whose main
cause is not yet to be established started shortly before 5 a.m. of 7 August
2013(Local time) at the immigration and spread to the international arrival terminal,
causing massive destruction.
According to AMECEA
Capacity Building Project Coordinator, Christine Mbugi, AMECEA in Collaboration
with United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is scheduled to conduct
an Executive Leadership Training Workshop for top Management Staff from all the
Catholic Dioceses of the Ethiopia Episcopal Conference from 12th to 16th
August, 2013 at the Conference’s Secretariat in Addis Ababa Ethiopia.
According to Christine a
delegation of six from Nairobi are scheduled to travel to Addis Ababa for the
training. The six include Christine and Sr. Elizabeth Nduku from Catholic
University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) who are scheduled to travel on 11th
August 2013, three lecturers from CUEA scheduled to travel on Monday 12th
and AMECEA Secretary General Fr. Ferdinand Lugonzo scheduled to fly to Addis on
Tuesday 13th August, 2013.
Christine said that she
has contacted the travel agency who told her that the concerned airline, had
not communicated any change of flight schedules therefore she is hopeful that
no changes would be made to their itinerary.
On Wednesday, more than
16,000 passengers were stranded after the fire caused a total shutdown of the
airport. The government later reopened domestic flights mainly to the coastal
city of Mombasaand Eldoret. It is understood the resumption of domestic flights
could help bring in passengers initially diverted to other airports in the
country as emergency operators handled the crisis at JKIA.
However, no casualties
were reported in the morning blaze according to the Kenyan Inspector General of
Police David Kimaiyo.
Source: AMECEA Social
Communications

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