Backstabbing, skullduggery alleged in DCI Mombasa Port probe

Coast leaders led by Kilifi North MP, Owen Baya (centre) addressing the Media at a Mombasa hotel where they defended KPA senior managers over corruption allegations by the Directorate of Criminal Investigation. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

A port workers’ union has claimed the ongoing investigations into the corruption allegations at the Mombasa port could have been triggered by a cut-throat competition for a share of containers.

Dock Workers Union (DWU) general secretary Simon Sang claimed it was common for owners of container freight stations (CFSs) who fail to secure their anticipated share of container allocation from the port to frame Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) managers who have authority to distribute the cargo boxes to the private facilities.