Port workers seek better wages, working conditions

Port worker. [iStockphoto]

Private workers at the port of Mombasa have moved to court demanding better terms and condition of service.

Some 47 petitioners who are engaged by ship contractors to work on ships and quayside have sued their employers, Kenya Ships Contractors Association (KSCA) and Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) and other government institutions claiming they were being paid peanuts contrary to what was provided for under the KPA tariff of 2012.