Good morning and welcome to our LIVE coverage of anti-Adani deal protests at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
Wednesday, September 11 marks day one of Kenya Aviation Authority (KAA) workers strike. The workers had given the government and JKIA an ultimatum to make public a deal it entered with Adani Group Holdings to manage the international airport.Â
All employees of KAA downed tools as a result of failed talks with the government. At the top of the concerns was that the deal, involving JKIA and Indian conglomerate Adani Group, would lead to mass layoffs of employees.
Since the strike officially kicked off at midnight, no plane has taken off at JKIA. Representatives from the conglomerate were already at the airport carrying out assessment in the past days, though the fine print of the deal remains secretive.
Follow our live coverage of the strike below:
9:20 PM – Morning Protests Turn Violent.Â
Anti-Adani Deal civic action at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport has turned Violent this morning. Police who had been deployed to the airport to contain the strike were filmed clobbering the airport workers who had downed their tools.
A few officers tried to calm down the situation but the violence had already rallied up the protesters who were unrelentingly shouting at the officers in the face of violent opposition.
The police are said to have taken over screening duties at the airport after workers at all stations of the airport downed their tools.Â
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