Operations at Kenya Ports Authority crippled as workers strike

Striking Mombasa Port workers outside the administration and operations block, Thursday. The workers downed their tools demanding better pay from the Kenya Ports Authority. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]

Mombasa, Kenya: A strike by over 5,000 Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) workers has paralysed operations at the Mombasa Port, worsening the already fragile chain of distribution to the region’s landlocked countries.

The go-slow over low pay has stalled key operations, including delaying goods destined for local and to Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi.