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KQ pilots' strike paralyses air travel in Kenya as Murkomen drives to JKIA for crisis meeting

KQ aircraft parked at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on August 1, 2020. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen on Saturday morning, November 5, drove to the JKIA for a crisis meeting with the Kenya Airways' top management following pilots' strike.

The KQ pilots downed tools starting 6am Saturday, paralysing travel operations at East Africa's busiest airport, the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

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