Old town residents petition Senate, demands compensation

"Rather, residents of Old Town feel they have been subjected to political and religious persecution, noting that the lockdown was timed to coincide with the holy month of Ramadan and just before Eid-ul-Fitr."

Okoa Mombasa petitions Senate on Old Town COVID-19 abuses

“The petition states that there was no scientific evidence presented to justify the Old Town lockdown, which prevented people from leaving the area for a month.”

Old Town residents demand answers for May lockdown

Muhuri chair Khelef Khalifa said the secretive manner in which the government handled the information on Covid-19 cases made the residents doubt whether the disease really exists.

“With lack of information, people will always speculate. We do not understand why the government has failed to respond to our inquiries about all the relevant information that we needed,” Khalifa said.

State plots to privatise port through merger of three agencies — union

"Dock Workers Union general secretary Simon Sang on Tuesday said President Uhuru is taking advantage of the Covid-19 crisis to bypass Parliament using executive orders. He said the government is using the backdoor to leave the port in private hands."

Protests erupt in Mombasa over alleged Covid-19 KEMSA scandal

Video coverage of the #ArrestCovid19Thieves protests in Mombasa on 25 August 2020.

Covid-19 protests spread to Mombasa, police arrest activists

Muhuri Director Khelef Khalifa expressed disappointment in the way the protestors were handled: "We did inform the police that there will be a demo according to the law two days ago. The police response is very unfair and this is a sign that the police do not work independently. People demonstrate because there is a real problem, embezzlement of the Covid-19 funds.”

Poll: Old Town believes Covid-19 is fake news

“The Muhuri/Okoa Mombasa report commends Mombasa County for supplying food and water to residents of Old Town during the lockdown. It, however, faults the national government for failing to educate residents (on the virus) and not providing alternative means of sustenance.”

Kenya swallows humble pie in edict on use of SGR for cargo

“The decision is a huge reprieve to freighters who risked losing hundreds of jobs following the ban on use of trucks to transport goods from the port city.”

Kenya shelves Naivasha SGR depot cargo pick-up order

“The State has backed down from its earlier directive on the use of standard gauge railway (SGR) for all cargo destined to Nairobi and beyond following pressure from regional economies.”

Government illegally hired Chinese firm to build SGR, court declares

Court of Appeal Judges Martha Koome, Gatembu Kairu, and Jamila Mohammed ruled that the government failed to follow procurement laws while contracting China Bridges and Railway Corporation (CBRC) for the project.

SGR services at risk over Sh38bn China firm debt

The National Assembly’s Budget and Appropriations Committee (BAC) said that Kenya Railways has not paid Sh38 billion to Africa Star Railway Operation Company Ltd, the Chinese company contracted to operate the trains.

Order to use SGR only puts Macharia on hot seat

The Kenya Railways Corporation has launched direct SGR freight services for all transit cargo to be ferried directly from Mombasa port to the Naivasha Inland Container Depot (ICD) where trucks will pick them for onward transportation.

Transporters riled by Naivasha dry port, SGR haulage directives

Okoa Mombasa’s Khelef Khalifa and Dennis Ombok said the move is a ploy by senior government officials to profiteer at the expense of the economy of the Coast. “The SGR has always been driven by political reasons and not economic reasons. It was rushed ahead of the 2017 general elections to get votes,” Khalifa said.

Mombasa Revives Protest Against Naivasha Dry Port Project

"The directive is giving the SGR an unfair advantage. What we are asking is for transporters to be given an option if they want to transport their goods via road, let them be allowed,” Khalifa stated.

New SGR directive sounds death knell for Mombasa economy

Mombasa economy is increasingly getting shattered – and the latest government directive to rail port cargo via SGR to Naivasha for clearance is sounding death knell, Okoa Mombasa has said.

Uganda reluctant to use Naivasha as key transit cargo depot

“It is our considered opinion that the use of Naivasha ICD which is part of our long term regional infrastructure development should remain optional,” Uganda’s Minister of Works and Transport says in a letter to Macharia.

Kenya Railways disowns scheme to oust Chinese firm from running SGR

So secretive have been any contracts entered over the SGR that Kenya Railways has declined to provide the ombudsman any details of the agreements, even after the request was made under the Access to Information Act.