KPA and petitioners want five judges to determine port dispute

Newly appointed Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) Managing Director Dr.Arch.Daniel Manduku (3rd from right) is introduced to senior terminal engineering staff during a familiarization tour of the port of Mombasa, June 6, 2018. [Gideon Maundu/Standard]

Two parastatals have supported a petition to have a five-judge bench determine a port operations dispute between national and Mombasa County governments.

Yesterday, lawyers for the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) and the Kenya Railway Corporation (KRC) agreed with petitioners to have Chief Justice David Maraga constitute a bench to hear a petition that seeks a transfer of port operations from the national government to the county. The Attorney General and the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure did not oppose the petition.