Port operations in Shimanzi Terminus in Mombasa have been paralysed for over two weeks due to an ongoing strike by warehouse loaders.
The over 6,000 warehouse loaders are protesting a move by their employer to reduce their wages for loading 50-kilogram sacks from Ksh10 to Ksh7.5 each and the price of loading 90-kilogram sacks from Ksh20 to Ksh15 each.
Furthermore, the warehouse loaders have complained of harassment and frustration from the employers, who have turned a deaf ear to their pleas.
According to the loaders, the reduction in wages has made their lives difficult as they can hardly meet their daily needs.
