Travellers claim bribery to skip queues at crowded JKIA

 Travellers queue to check in at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi on August 30,2026 as flight operations were disrupted when Kenya Aviation Workers Union members went on strike.

Photo credit: Evans Habil | Nation Media Group

Kenyans flying back into the country have accused Immigration officers at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) of soliciting bribes from passengers, to move up the long queues as congestion hits the country’s main airport due to capacity constraints.

The Business Daily has learnt of multiple recent incidents when some travellers were moved up the queues at the immigration checkpoint at JKIA after paying enticement to officials.

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