Kenya now sued for holding 22 sailors in detained ship

Some of the 34 armoured personel carriers on board the Norwegian flagged Hoegh Autoliners cargo ship that has been detained at the Port of Mombasa. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]

A global agency that caters for sailors has now moved to the High Court to compel the government produce 22 Chinese sailors and crewmen detained aboard the Norwegian flagged ship placed under armed Kenyan guard since Thursday last week.

“We are under instruction to file a case to have the crew aboard this ship produced in court alive or have them released with immediate effect,” said lawyer Cliff Ombeta.