The Dock Workers Union has raised the red flag over outsourcing of verification services at the Mombasa port, whose fee was recently re-introduced by the Kenya Ports Authority. This was after suspending container verification charges introduced in February, ending a stand-off with clearing and forwarding firms. Sang insisted outsourcing of the services needs approval of either Parliament or the Privatization Commission of Kenya. He said a verification team of at least eight people is required to handle between eight and 10 containers per shift. According to Sang, KPA will be losing even more money.

Source: The Star May 01, 2020 10:07 UTC