Acting Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia reverses sacking of Kenya Ports Authority workers

Dockworkers Union Secretary General Simon Sang (third left) in solidarity with some Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) unionisable workers sing after KPA issued them with summary dismissal letters. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]

Mombasa, Kenya: Acting Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia has annulled the decision by Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) management hours after the firm sacked over 100 employees for participating in a strike over new medical cover rates.

Among those who had received dismissal letters are 28 Dock Workers Union (DWU) officials KPA says were the “hotheads” of the three-day strike that paralysed port operations.