This archive report was first published on 3 January 2020.
On January 3, 2020, Kenya's Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) announced a review of airport access rules, six months after a stowaway fell from a flight over London that was going from Nairobi to Heathrow Airport.
The review comes in response to the incident in June 2019, when a stowaway's body was found in a garden in south London. According to KCAA chief Gilbert Kibe, the stowaway most probably had legal access to the airport.
As part of the review, KCAA has proposed new measures to increase the effectiveness of security checks in airports. These measures include special passes for airport staff to access restricted areas, which will only be issued after careful vetting.
The draft Kenya Civil Aviation (Security) Regulations have been published for public review.
