The Isiolo international airport[Photo/standard]Leaders from Isiolo and Meru counties have called on Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) to complete the works at Isiolo International Airport.
Led by Isiolo Governors Mohammed Kuti and Kiraitu Murungi (Meru), the leaders said KAA should extend the runway from the current 1.4 kilometres to 3km.
They also want the authority to set up a control tower and a fire station for the facility to be considered an international airport.
Isiolo is keen to use the airport to export livestock while Meru wants her miraa cargo that is sent daily to markets in Somalia to be relocated from Nairobi’s Wilson Airport to Isiolo.
The counties also want to use the facility for tourism together with Samburu and Marsabit, the leading safari destination in the northern circuit.