Workers call off protest that grounded flights at Kenya’s main airport

Associated Press

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 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. Kenya Airport Workers Union said that the deal would lead to job losses and “inferior terms and conditions of service” for their remaining colleagues.