Workers call off protest that grounded flights at Kenya's main airport
Kenya’s airport workers’ union has called off a strike that grounded flights in the country’s main airport on Wednesday over awarding the contract for its modernization and operations to an Indian firm
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's airport workers' union has called off a strike that grounded flights in the country's main airport on Wednesday over awarding the contract for its modernization and operations to an Indian firm.
The decision came after a day-long talks between the union leaders and the government.
The workers were protesting a build-and-operate agreement between the Kenyan government and India’s Adani Group that would see the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport modernized, and an additional runway and terminal constructed, in exchange for the group running the airport for 30 years.
The union wrote on X that a return to work agreement had been signed and the union's secretary general Moss Ndiema told journalists and workers that the union would be involved in every discussion moving forward.
