Kenya Airways (KQ) confronts a balance sheet implosion and operational paralysis that demand surgical precision from its new board.
Kiprono Kittony assumed chairmanship on March 5, inheriting an airline reeling from early 2025 losses after a brief profitable spell in 2024. The Pareto Principle—80 percent of challenges from 20 percent of root causes—lays bare the crisis: financial fragility, fleet groundings, cost-revenue mismatches, strategic inertia and labour friction.
