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Sale of Mombasa Port stirs debate as matter headed to court

MV Ever Diamond during its maiden call at the port of Mombasa in July. [File]

Reports of the planned privatisation of the Port of Mombasa have rekindled a decade-old debate on how best to go about instilling efficiency at vital facility.

At the heart of the matter is who gets to run the port; a question that has already made its way to the courts where a battle pitting the county government against the national government is expected to play out.

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