Kenya airport strike disrupts flights
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Nairobi: Passengers were left stranded at Kenya s main airport on Wednesday as staff went on strike over a planned takeover by an Indian company. T...
Nairobi: Passengers were left stranded at Kenya's main airport on Wednesday as staff went on strike over a planned takeover by an Indian company.
The walk-out by the Kenyan Aviation Workers Union began at midnight, disrupting flights at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
Queues of passengers were outside the airport on Wednesday, some sitting on their luggage, and there were lines of cars trying to access the area, AFP reporters said.
The union said the strike would continue until the government scrapped a plan to lease the airport to India's Adani Group for 30 years in exchange for a $1.85 billion investment.
"The strike is on and all shifts have been suspended," union leader Moses Ndiema told workers at the airport.
