Storm over plan to privatise ports facilities

Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

A section of Coast leaders have opposed plans by the national government to privatise key facilities at the Mombasa and Lamu ports.

Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir said the proposal was a clear indication that the Kenya Kwanza government had taken the people of the Coast for a ride.