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THE STANDARD NEWS Dock Workers Union General Secretary Simon Sang (right) and executive board member Julius Nyandiko. [File, Standard] Candidates for the Dock Workers Union (DWU) general secretary post yesterday took a swipe at each other as the campaigns for the May 20 elections hit the homestretch. As some candidates called for the postponement of the polls, General Secretary Simon Sang cancelled an earlier arrangement to have the County Labour Officer run the polls. In a letter dated May 8, Sang said the last DWU National Executive Committee re-defined the role of the returning officer, sa...

THE STANDARD By Patrick Beja | April 5th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Kisauni lawmaker Ali Mbogo (second left) with Dock Workers Union (DWU secretary general Simon Sang (behind Mbogo) and Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI) officer Francis Auma (left) as they led union members to protest against the government's plans to privatize the second container terminal on June 7, 2019. [Gideon Maundu, Standard] From slashed overtime to privatisation of some operations, unionisable dockworkers at the Port of Mombasa are yearning for change as they scout for a strong representative in the forthcoming elec...

THE STANDARD By Patrick Beja | 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 pan...

THE STANDARD By 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, confir...