CS Matiang’i calms locals on port takeover storm

Port workers watch as the one millionth container was being off-loaded from the MV Lilley Schulte at the Port of Mombasa on December 31, 2014. [File, Standard]

The planned privatisation of the Sh27 billion second container terminal in Mombasa seems to be gaining momentum as some leaders now say they are open to a government deal.

Some politicians and a section of the Dock Workers Union (DWU), led by General Secretary Simon Sang, maintain their resistance to the looming takeover of the terminal by Kenya National Shipping Line (KNSL).