We were fed lies about rail, Coast leaders say

Protesters march from Makupa to Changamwe yesterday to demand that the government allows road transporters to haul more cargo from the Port of Mombasa. [Gideon Maundu, Standard]

Weekly protests against a government order on freight services from the port resumed with a bang yesterday after a two-week break.  

Activists, who included three MPs, warned the protests will expand to Nairobi and other parts of Kenya to galvanise nationwide support for the struggling coastal economy.