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Port: Leaders urge William Ruto to prioritise Kilifi residents

Ships docked at the Port of Mombasa. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

Kilifi residents now want the government to give them priority for port jobs after clearing operations were reverted back to Mombasa by President William Ruto.

The residents claim that most local business people closed shops and went bankrupt after port operations were transferred to the Nairobi and Naivasha Internal Container Depots (ICDs).

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