Dock workers face off with private firm on KPA deal

mombasa port

Nation | by Philip Muyanga

The Dock Workers Union has gone to the High Court, challenging a decision by Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) to give a private firm exclusive rights to manage and run two sheds at Mombasa port.

The union argues that in making the decision to lease the sheds to Portside Freight Terminals Ltd, a company owned by Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho’s family, KPA failed to appreciate that transit sheds are an integral part of port infrastructure that enables it to function as a harbour…

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