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Dock Workers Union General Secretary, Simon Sanga [right] explains a point during the launch of the Pwani Development agenda at Cool breeze Hotel in Mombasa on March 22, 2021.[Omondi Onyango, Standard]
Elections to pick new Dock Workers Union (DWU) officials have been cancelled after the registrar of trade unions said the election board was illegally in office.
The registrar, E. N. Gicheha, in a letter dated May 12 to DWU General Secretary Simon Sang, said a new board must be constituted to oversee the polls.
She said the board that was constituted in 2016 cannot conduct the elections.
Over 4,400 unionasable Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) workers in Mombasa, Lamu, Kisumu, Nairobi, Naivasha and Shimoni were to cast their votes tomorrow.
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April 5th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
A dockworker off-loads some of the consignment consisting of 38,000 metric tonnes of DAP (diamonnium phospate fertilizer from the MV Multan to a truck at the Port of Mombasa, March 30, 2016. This is the second consignment of fertilizer in this month and will be transported to farmers in South and North Rift in Rifty Valley. [Gideon Maundu, Standard]
Campaigns for the port workers’ union have gone full throttle with top contenders expressing hope of clinching the coveted general secretary’s post.
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, aspirants for the Dock Workers Union (DWU) general secretary have been meeting workers in small groups as they seek to oust incumbent Simon Sang, who has led the body for 15 years.
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Patrick Beja |
March 12th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Dock workers union National Chairman, Mohamed Sheria addresses the press outside Kenya Ports Authority in Mombasa. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]
Campaigns for the election of Dock Workers Union (DWU) officials have hit fever pitch, with claims that top politicians and port managers are keen to influence the outcome.
Nineteen aspirants seek to unseat long-serving General Secretary Simon Sang, who took over in 2006.
Sang and Chairman Mohamed Sheria, who have been wrangling since April 2019 over the control of the union, confirmed the polls are set for April 15. Sheria said he has teamed up with former chief shop steward and current Mikindani MCA Renson Thoya in a bid to oust Sang.