A lot of people are stuck at JKIA because workers are on strike over the Adani deal

There were long lines of tourists stuck at the airport after boarding and takeoff were delayed, which caused a lot of anger.

Some flight workers went on a go-slow on Tuesday night and Wednesday, which stopped all operations at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).

There were long lines of travelers stuck at the airport after boarding and takeoff were delayed, which caused a stir.

On Wednesday, many travelers were stuck, and some even had to cancel their trips.

Another traveler going to Eldoret said he had to take the road because the airport wasn’t open.

‘Because of the strike, they are not checking travelers in. “I’ve chosen to take the road,” the passenger said at 5:40 a.m.

There was trouble because aircraft workers went on strike.

The Kenya Aviation Workers Union (KAWU) strongly opposed the plan to lease JKIA to the Indian conglomerate Adani Group in a letter it sent out on August 12. This led to the strike that has been building up for weeks.

It also came after talks between the union and government officials broke down, according to people who were there.

When he sent out the notice, KAWU Secretary General Moss Ndiema expressed a number of worries that the deal would likely lead to mass cuts, the hiring of foreign workers, and worsening working conditions.

Their problems were not just with the deal. Also, they wanted the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) Board of Directors and three top managers to be fired because they were not doing their jobs well and were mismanaging the lease agreement.

But there was a short break when, on August 31, KAWU announced that the strike would be put off for seven days. The holdup happened because KAA partially gave in by giving the union the papers they asked for.

Even with this short break, things quickly got worse. Ten days later, KAA still hadn’t said anything important, so the workers who could have joined a union went back to their protest.

The KAWU made it clear that they would only end their strike if the plan to sell JKIA was completely scrapped and the KAA board and managers quit, as they had been asked to do.

The Union said that this harsh action was only possible because the State didn’t provide the necessary papers.

The airport staff’s action comes just one day after the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) and the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) sued the High Court and asked it to temporarily stop the plan to lease the runway.

It was claimed that the airport is a strategic and profitable national asset, and the two groups fought the Indian company’s plan to run JKIA for 30 years.

People who signed the petition said the deal doesn’t make sense and goes against the ideas of good government, accountability, openness, and smart use of public money.

The Indian company wants to improve the airport by building a second runway and a new passenger hub on a 30-year lease.

Under a 30-year “build-operate-transfer” (BOT) contract, the Indian company owned by Gautam Adani would improve the airport by building a second runway and a new passenger hub. The deal was worth Sh246 billion.

Repairs and improvements to the airport will also be the company’s job. It will also be in charge of building and running JKIA, which is Kenya’s biggest airport and East Africa’s busiest.

The government defended the deal by saying that JKIA was already overloaded with more than 7.5 million passengers a year and needed immediate improvements.

Updating JKIA might cost $2 billion, which the government was “forced to pay for due to the tight fiscal situation,” the statement said.