Hero or villain: Sang’s 15 years at helm of dock workers union

Dock Workers Union Secretary General Simon Sang address the press at their Makuli Fagia headquarters in Mombasa where he announced that the union's 6,000 members will campaign for Jubilee in next year’s General Election, November 29, 2016. [Gideon Maundu, Standard].

Simon Kiprono Sang has been a towering figure at the Port of Mombasa for the last 37 years, rising through the ranks to occupy the powerful position of general secretary at the Dock Workers Union (DWU).