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Wrangles rule seafarers lobby after split election

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Foreign seafarers stranded at the Port of Mombasa. [Omondi Onyango, Stamndard]

A prolonged fight is threatening to ruin the Seafarers of Kenya (SUK) association with two factions fighting over the leadership of the lobby after conducting separate elections in June this year.

Both camps have pitched tent at the office of the registrar of trade unions where they forwarded their lists of elected officials as they wait to be issued with the extracts - confirmation of officials - after they paid a fee to the labour office.

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