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Viewing cable 06NAIROBI1032, Challenges to Airport Certification in Nairobi

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06NAIROBI1032 2006-03-08 05:20 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Nairobi
VZCZCXYZ0013
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHNR #1032 0670520
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 080520Z MAR 06
FM AMEMBASSY NAIROBI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0111
INFO RUEHXR/RWANDA COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
UNCLAS NAIROBI 001032 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AF/E, AF/RSA, EB/TRA/OTP, S/CT 
DEPT ALSO PASS TO DOT FOR CONNIE HUNTER 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: EAIR ECON PGOV KE
SUBJECT: Challenges to Airport Certification in Nairobi 
 
REF: FAA 102211Z FEB 06 
 
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED.  FOR USG USE ONLY 
 
1. (SBU)  Summary: Visiting U.S. FAA airport certification 
specialist Ed Dorsett's training for Kenyan inspectors 
highlighted many deficiencies at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta 
International Airport (JKIA) that will likely prevent its 
certification to ICAO standards until 2007.  Regulator 
Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) and operator Kenya 
Airports Authority (KAA) agreed to jointly develop an 
action plan to institutionalize maintenance, quality 
control and auditing systems to meet ICAO certification 
standards.  However, their challenge is illustrated by the 
fact that many of the deficiencies were also noted a year 
ago by ICAO inspectors and still remain unresolved. End 
summary. 
 
2. (SBU)  Airport certification by national aviation 
regulators is a fairly new ICAO requirement, and Kenya is 
behind schedule on implementation/compliance.  At the Cape 
Verde Safe Skies for Africa Ministerial, the FAA agreed to 
a request from KCAA Director General Chris Kuto to send an 
FAA specialist to train KCAA's airport inspectors.  Ed 
Dorsett spent five days at JKIA, conferring with KCAA and 
KAA personnel, accompanying inspectors around the 
facilities, checking the issues on ICAO's certification 
list and standards, and helping to prepare KCAA's list of 
deficiencies.  ICAO requires that members certify their own 
airports. 
 
3. (SBU)  Dorsett found that KCAA's inspection personnel 
are sufficiently qualified, properly prepared, and 
motivated to carry out their duties.  Dorsett and the 
Kenyan officials noted many deficiencies that need to be 
addressed, some of them urgent, such as lighting and 
signage on runways, taxiways and aprons.  Mission e-mailed 
on March 6 the long list of problems to FAA, DOT, and 
EB/TRA. 
 
4. (SBU)  At the presentation of the report to a group of 
KAA and KCAA officials, KCAA DG Kuto noted that the 
deficiencies included real safety hazards that could cause 
an accident that would have lasting consequences for the 
economy and KAA.  Based on what he learned at the Cape 
Verde SSFA Ministerial, Kuto stressed that the goal should 
not be to pass inspection once and then slide back into old 
ways of thinking.  Rather it should be to fix the problems, 
and maintain high standards to reach the real goal of 
achieving Category One status.  Kuto expressed his 
appreciation for the assistance from FAA and SSFA. 
 
5. (SBU)  KCAA DG Chris Kuto and JKIA Manager Joseph Okumu 
(KAA) agreed the agencies should jointly and quickly 
develop an action plan that defines roles and 
responsibilities.  Kuto stated that agency heads had to 
show the way forward to their subordinates.  Kuto proposed 
a joint, mass meeting where he and KAA Director George 
Muhoho would explain the issue and follow up with a jointly 
signed circular on the importance of meeting the ICAO 
standards.  Okumu said KAA could fund most of the repairs 
on the list from the landing fees it collects from users. 
He recognized the need for KAA to strengthen its internal 
quality control system and implement its new manual for 
aerodrome certification as part of its effort to achieve 
ISO certification as well. 
 
6. (SBU)  Emboffs suggested that inspectors in Uganda and 
Tanzania will need airport certification training, and the 
East African Community (EAC) will need to upgrade and 
harmonize its airport certification procedures.  Emboffs 
will pursue a regional training session for the EAC. 
Emboffs also highlighted the need for effective action, 
noting that an accident at JKIA would attract widespread 
attention and accusations of negligence that could 
seriously impact Kenya's economy by reducing tourism and 
air traffic. 
 
7. (SBU)  Comment: Dorsett privately noted to Emboffs that 
the ICAO inspection done a year ago noted the exact same 
deficiencies he saw, indicating a troubling bureaucratic 
inertia on the part of KAA and KCAA.  His optimistic 
estimate was that it would take 6-12 months to bring JKIA 
up to ICAO certification standards, but warned that 
procurement of necessary materials, parts and equipment 
could create additional delays. 
 
BELLAMY