KPA promises Sh20b profit in a year, 2,000 jobs in port deal

KPA Communications officer Hajj Masemo (left) and Managing Director Daniel Manduku brief US Ambassador to Kenya Kyle Mccarter on new scanning equipment at the port of Mombasa last month. [Gideon Maundu, Standard].

A promise for 2,000 plus jobs, a divided dock workers union, a cocktail of threats and the fury of a section of grumpy Coastal leaders.

This is the tale of the one week old handover of Mombasa port’s second Container Terminal (CT2) to a joint venture of Kenya National Shipping Line (KNSL) and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the latter a Swiss registered firm and the second largest shipping line in the world.