Standoff at East Africa Portland Cement as employees protest against new management

A section of East Africa Portland Cement Company employees who protested against recruitment of new Managing Director on Dece 23, 2024. [Peterson Githaiga, Standard]

There was a standoff at the East Africa Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) as some employees protested against a new manager.

The protesting workers barricaded the company's main Athi River plant paralysing operations as they termed the recruitment of the new manager as skewed.