My biggest concern with the JKIA upgrade is not the project itself.
It's what it says about our priorities.
Even if Kenya can afford a KSh300 billion airport upgrade...
When will we see a KSh300 billion plan for schools and hospitals?
Not a few schools.
Not a few hospitals.
All of them.
Every public school renovated.
Every classroom fixed.
Every laboratory equipped.
Every dormitory modernized.
Every public hospital upgraded.
Every critical piece of equipment provided.
Because these are the things that touch ordinary Kenyans every day.
Every Kenyan goes to school.
Every Kenyan goes to hospital.
Most Kenyans will never use an airport as often as they use a school, a health centre or a hospital.
You can be wealthy today and still find yourself in an emergency in a rural part of Kenya, depending on the nearest public hospital to save your life.
That is why I believe Kenya needs leaders who focus first on the services that affect every citizen, not just the projects that make the biggest headlines.
The day a government transforms schools and hospitals across the country with the same urgency it gives mega projects, paying taxes will start feeling less like a burden and more like an investment.
A modern airport is important.
A functioning school and hospital in every corner of Kenya is priceless.