Court orders striking pilots to resume work today

Speaking after hearing arguments from both sides, Mwaure said that she regrets that the airline had lost millions of shillings for the four days the pilots have been on strike.

The pilots went on strike on Saturday, November 5, demanding that the airline pays all salaries that were accrued during the Covid-19 pandemic as well as the resumption of contributions to its staff pension fund that had stopped. The pilots also want the KQ board and executives removed.

KQ said that the pension scheme needs at least Sh1.3 billion annually and that pilots take home Sh700 million representing 53.8 per cent of the funds.

KQ Chief Executive Allan Kilavuka had said asked the pilots to return to work or get replaced.

"We want them to go back to work before we can talk to the pilots. It's too late for talks. They either come to work or we replace them," he said.