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Airfield turns battlefield as police take on protesters

Police vehicle carrying reinforcement riot gears at JKIA after Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) staff downed their tools over the proposed merger of KQ and KAA. [Jonah Onyango/Standard]

Chaos reigned at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) for the better part of yesterday after protesting workers abandoned their workstations and left hundreds of travellers stranded.

The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) workers stopped frisking travellers and picketed outside the airport to protest the plan to have the struggling Kenya Airways (KQ) to take over KAA.

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