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Win as dock workers allowed to fix fees

Dock Workers Union members fight in Mombasa in 2017 after their annual general meeting aborted. [Maarufu Mohamed, Standard]

Things are looking up for dock workers at the port of Mombasa after the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) exempted them from an anti-competitive clause.

The workers, who have complained about dismal working conditions at Kenya’s main port, now expect their pay to increase after CAK allowed their association to fix their fees, ending what to many has been a labour eyesore at the region’s largest port.

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