Tanzania’s President Julius Nyerere accused Kenya of monopolising the community and using corporations such as East African Airways as its properties. Kenya, Nyerere argued, had inherited more investments from the colonialists than its peers with whom it was expected to operate as co-equals. This is not any different from the route taken by their counterparts today that saw Kenya Airways - the successor of East African Airways - purchase some big aeroplanes and venture into new routes. He was even willing to sacrifice 250 of his citizens at the East African Airways Corporation headquarters. “Kenya broke up the East African Harbours Corporation; Kenya unilaterally closed down the headquarters of the East African Railways system; Kenya seized a number of ships on Lake Victoria, and Kenya has now grounded the East African Airways,” Nyerere said in an interview with The New York Times.

Source: Standard Digital June 28, 2021 21:00 UTC